The group of Sovereigns, led by the four Chief Sovereigns of the Edicts, slowly walked up the platform.
Although the platform was nearly ten thousand meters tall and it would take a lot of time to walk step by step, which Main God didn't have a lot of time to waste? Now that there were so many of their own kind with similar statuses walking together and chatting with each other, none of the Main Gods were willing to fly up with a 'whoosh'.
The four Chief Sovereigns of the Edicts at the very front were currently using their divine senses to communicate with each other. It wasn't that they were having some sort of shameful conversation, but rather that the Chief Sovereign of Fate had revealed the rules that he was going to set for the Sovereigns to the other Chief Sovereigns of the Edicts and was asking for their opinions.
"Before I became a Sovereign, I encountered far too many Highgods in the Heavenly Realm who possessed Sovereign artifacts. They were practically all children of Sovereigns or direct descendants of Sovereign clans. Although Sovereigns valued their children and descendants, giving them a few Sovereign artifacts for self-defense wasn't a problem.”
"But the problem is that many of the Gods of the Sovereign clans are extremely arrogant and despotic. They rely on their Sovereign background and the power of their Sovereign artifacts to wantonly slaughter other Gods. If this continued, not only would it destroy the order between the gods, but too many Sovereign artifacts would also cause the power of the gods to be imbalanced.”
"More importantly, such a method is undoubtedly discrediting our Master God, causing the ordinary Gods who should worship our Master God to become enemies of our Master God. Although we don't care, I don't think you want to be cursed by those ant-like gods in secret, right?”
"Thus, the first rule I propose is that we must restrict the flow of Sovereign artifacts! Even if they were the children of Sovereigns, each Sovereign could only bestow upon them one Sovereign artifact. The Sovereign's Emissaries he accepted could only be bestowed with one Sovereign artifact at a time. If he wanted more Sovereign artifacts, then he would have to exchange them for contribution points. However, this was only limited to the Emissaries. Forget about the children of Sovereigns. Even if they didn't have Sovereign artifacts, no God would dare to provoke them. Furthermore, which one of them didn't have an inexhaustible supply of Sovereign's Might?”
The Chief Sovereign of Fate described his thoughts in detail. As the Planar Battlefield had yet to appear, he didn't mention any methods of exchanging military merits for Sovereign artifacts.
After hearing what the Chief Sovereign of Fate had to say, the three Chief Sovereigns of the Edicts nodded in agreement without the slightest hesitation. After all, they didn't have any children or descendants, so they felt no pressure regarding this rule.
"As for the second rule, it is to limit the number of Emissaries. Right now, some Sovereigns would easily have ten to twenty Emissaries. This was too exaggerated. What matter would require so many Emissaries to be dispatched? Although I didn't know which Sovereign was the first to accept Emissaries and bestow them with Sovereign artifacts, and I also approved of this method, if there were too many Sovereign Emissaries, there was no way to limit the number of Sovereign artifacts.”
After the Chief Sovereign of Fate finished speaking about the second rule, the Chief Sovereigns of Death and Life couldn't help but look at the Chief Sovereign of Destruction, causing the Chief Sovereign of Fate to ask in astonishment,"What's wrong? Wodred, you were the first to accept Emissaries?”
The Chief Sovereign of Destruction was still expressionless. He sent through divine sense,"It's my second brother."
After a pause, he continued,"Since that's the case, then let's set a limit. Every Lesser Sovereign can only take in two Emissaries, a Middle Sovereign can take in four, and a Chief Sovereign can take in eight…as for the extra ones, let them clear them out themselves.”
After speaking, the Chief Sovereign of Destruction noticed that the three of them were still looking at him. He couldn't help but ask,"What's wrong?"
"You've mentioned all the Sovereigns. Why did you leave out just us?”the Chief Sovereign of Death said first.
"Do we need to rely on the number of envoys to show our strength and status? Just like the Chief Sovereigns of the Laws, he would accept eight.”The Chief Sovereign of Destruction's expression didn't change, but he was silently cursing in his heart.
To be so calculative over such a small matter…it seemed that these Chief Sovereigns of the Edicts truly didn't regard themselves as Sovereigns. They believed that they were above all Sovereigns!
The Chief Sovereign of Fate and the Chief Sovereign of Life both nodded in agreement. Only the Chief Sovereign of Death snorted, expressing her displeasure.
The Chief Sovereign of Destruction directly ignored her, indicating for the Chief Sovereign of Fate to continue.
" Next is the third rule…" The Chief Sovereign of Fate said a few more unimportant rules in bits and pieces. It wouldn't be a big problem whether or not he complied with them. Most likely, even if a Sovereign violated them, the Chief Sovereigns of the Edicts wouldn't be bothered to pursue the matter.
Rather than saying that these last few rules were used to define the behavior of Sovereigns, it would be better to say that they were used by the Chief Sovereign of Fate to show off his existence.
No matter how slow the Sovereigns slowed down, they only took half a day to reach the top of the ten-thousand-meter-tall platform.
There was a huge round table on the platform, and there were seventy-seven chairs placed around it. Clearly, the Overgods who had not come were also included. There was no distinction between high and low, so the middle and lower Overgods felt very comfortable looking at it.
After all the Sovereigns had taken their seats, the Chief Sovereign of Fate was the first to speak, placing the rules that the Chief Sovereigns of the Edicts had discussed on the stage.
"These are the rules. Do you have any opinions?”As soon as the Chief Sovereign of Fate finished speaking, the Chief Sovereign of Death impatiently continued.
"Hegemon, sirs, I have twelve Emissaries under my command. I value them very much. Do you really have to get rid of the extra ones?”
A Lesser Sovereign of Fire who had joined the Chief Sovereign of Life was the first to ask.
?" This…"? The Chief Sovereign of Life looked somewhat hesitantly at the other Chief Sovereigns of the Edicts. She couldn't ask the Sovereign she protected to get rid of the subordinates she valued.
However, they had already discussed everything when they came up just now. Now, it was basically just a notice. Even if there was an objection, it would be enforced in the end.
Therefore, when Vivian looked at the others, her eyes were filled with pleading.
Unexpectedly, the Chief Sovereign of Destruction, who seemed to be the coldest and most unreasonable of them all, was the first to speak."It's your business whether you're willing to clean it up or not. However, the Sovereign artifacts had to be retrieved, and their identities as Emissaries had to be removed.”
His words undoubtedly meant that the Chief Sovereigns of the Edicts had tacitly agreed. There was no need for lives to be taken in order for the Sovereigns to 'purge' the redundant Emissaries under them.
At this moment, not only did Vivian smile, but many of the Main Gods who were full of Emissaries also heaved a sigh of relief. Even though they didn't place as much importance on their Emissaries as the Sovereign of Fire did in the beginning, they didn't wish for him to personally kill them.
As long as he could retrieve the Sovereign artifact, it would still be acceptable.
The Chief Sovereign of Fate glanced at the Chief Sovereign of Destruction in surprise as well. He thought to himself,'Although the Chief Sovereign of Destruction looks cold and indifferent, he might actually be a good person.'
"Chief Sovereign, I can understand why you want to take back Sovereign artifacts that were given to unnecessary Emissaries, but why do you want to take back Sovereign artifacts that were given to your own children? I believe that no Sovereign would be willing to see their children meet with an accident, and Sovereign artifacts are the best form of protection!”
The person who spoke this time was a direct subordinate of the Chief Sovereign of Destruction. She was the only female amongst the several Chief Sovereigns of Destruction, and she was an Amethyst Godbeast born in the Amethyst Mountains of the Redbud Continent. Her name was Redbud.
As soon as Zi Jing finished speaking, her husband, Balor, who was also an Amethyst Divine Beast and a Middle God of the Earth, also hurriedly expressed his support.
The Chief Sovereign of Death was still unhappy about how the Chief Sovereign of Destruction had been in the limelight just now. Hearing this, she said with a black face,"Recovering the Sovereign artifacts of Sovereign children is to prevent them from abusing their power to bully others! Could it be that without a Sovereign artifact, your children will be easily killed? That's too bad!"
The Redbud couple was instantly put on the spot by her vicious words. They were puzzled as well. The two of them usually stayed in the Amethyst Mountains and didn't go anywhere. They didn't seem to have offended the Chief Sovereign of Death, right? Why was he targeting the two of them?
What they didn't know was that in the eyes of the Chief Sovereign of Death, it was a great sin for them to be under the command of the Chief Sovereign of Destruction.
At this moment, the Chief Sovereign of Destruction saw that his two capable subordinates were in an awkward situation, and he jumped out to be a good person. He said,"I'm not asking you to take back all your Sovereign artifacts. Every Sovereign can bestow a Sovereign artifact upon their children. The two of you can bestow your son with a material defensive Sovereign artifact and a soul-protecting Sovereign artifact. This way, as long as the Sovereign didn't make a move, no one would be able to kill him.”
Hearing this, the complexions of Redbud and his wife became much better. They rose to their feet, bowed to the Chief Sovereign of Destruction, and then sat down again.
When the Redbud Sovereign brought up the matter of the Sovereign bestowing divine artifacts upon the female Sovereign, the Chief Sovereign of Fate took the opportunity to add,"Sovereigns can only bestow divine artifacts to their second generation of descendants. As for those third generation descendants and those who are beyond that, there's no need to bestow them. If he had already given them Sovereign artifacts, he would take them all back.”
The Sovereigns weren't too dissatisfied with this rule. They still valued the second generation children who were closest to them. As for the third, fourth, and even countless generations of descendants, to them, they could only be considered strangers who were related by blood.
The reason why he had bestowed Sovereign artifacts to these descendants was most likely the result of the second generation's request. Now, even the excess Sovereign artifacts in the hands of his children were being taken back, let alone these distant descendants. Thus, the Sovereigns did not object to this rule at all.
In truth, of the few rules set by the Chief Sovereign of Fate, only the first two were somewhat controversial, with regards to the restrictions on Sovereign artifacts. The latter few were completely irrelevant. Thus, after the first two were passed, the gathering could be considered to have come to a successful conclusion.
The reason why it was said to be "almost" was because there were always things that were out of control in this world. They were called accidents.
Just as the gathering was about to end in harmony, something unexpected happened.
With a bang, the Chief Sovereign of Lightning, Baglev, slammed his palm against the table formed from a large amount of Sovereign's Might. He furiously said to the Chief Sovereign of Fate,"Genevieve! I've already tolerated you so much, but I didn't expect you to still refuse to give up. You actually took advantage of my absence to send an army to attack my Divine Lightning Plane!”
The Chief Sovereign of Fire, Philworth, responded with an ugly expression."My Divine Fire Plane is also under attack!”
"Genevieve! You better give us an explanation!"
The Chief Sovereign of Lightning and the Chief Sovereign of Fire stood side by side. The violent Sovereign's Might of Lightning and Fire began to gather together, constantly charging towards the Chief Sovereign of Fate, Gnefit.
The atmosphere became tense.
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