Fifth Brother?

Roy delegated the matter of magic to the Four Divine Beast Lord Gods.

Shelley was tasked with matters concerning the Material Plane.

Roy immediately felt a sense of ease.

In terms of the Profound Mysteries of Laws, Roy had reached his limit.

However, his cultivation of the soul had only just begun.

According to Hong Meng, in the main universe, there were God Kings and even Celestial Venerables above God Kings, who were more powerful than the sovereigns of the Coiling Dragon Universe.

From this, Roy understood that Hong Meng's main universe was the kind of universe that Qin Meng, the third person on the Hong Meng Golden Ranking, had ascended to before his transcendence in the Lin Meng Universe, a place akin to a "God Realm."

The strength in the God Realm could be divided into four tiers.

The lowest tier was the God-man, followed by the Celestial God, then the God King, and finally the strongest, the Celestial Venerable.

According to Hong Meng, God Kings were more powerful than sovereigns, which meant sovereigns corresponded to the "Celestial God" tier.

In Roy's memory, Immortal Emperors who ascended to the God Realm from the Immortal-Demon Universe, after being baptized by the God Realm's Ascension Pool, became low-level god-men.

To become a "Celestial God" at the Sovereign level, one needed to form a Soul Golden Core and comprehend the Law of Space.

(Here, Lao Liu couldn't figure out how to cultivate after forming a Soul Infant, so he used Soul Golden Core and Soul Infant as realms for Sovereign and Supreme Sovereign. Please be gentle with criticism.)

The Magic Universe was merely an affiliated universe of the main universe. To ensure world stability, Hong Meng had set restrictions preventing affiliated universes from cultivating the Laws of Space and Time. Only Divine Beasts could influence time and space through their innate divine abilities.

Roy had a strong premonition that once his soul power reached ten thousand times that of an ordinary High-level God, he would be able to form a Soul Golden Core, which was the realm of a Celestial God in the main universe.

At that time, Roy's Willpower would truly reach the level of a Sovereign.

As for the Soul Infant, that was already at the threshold of becoming a God King, and in the Magic Universe, it belonged to the domain of Supreme Gods.

Currently, Roy's soul power strength was one thousand one hundred and twenty times that of an ordinary High-level God!

However, after his soul power broke through the one-thousand-fold mark and underwent a qualitative change, the rate of improvement from cultivation had slowed down by nearly a hundredfold.

If he dedicated himself entirely to cultivation, it would take approximately one hundred thousand years for his soul power to increase by an amount equivalent to the strength of an ordinary High-level God.

(To avoid padding the word count, future descriptions of soul power increases will use the standard unit of measurement as the soul power strength of an ordinary High-level God. Only the increase in multiples will be stated, without adding "ordinary High-level God.")

To increase his soul strength to ten thousand times would require at least nine hundred million years!

By hitching a ride on the laws of heaven and earth, he had saved over ten million years.

"Cultivate, cultivate!"

Who could resist the temptation of increased strength?

Especially when it was a temptation where one could clearly feel their progress?

Roy certainly couldn't.

Thus, while the Four Divine Beast Lord Gods were busy, and the maid Roy was busy, and the other elders of the Four Divine Beast Family were also busy, Roy alone threw himself back into cultivation...

...

"Roy, Roy..."

Roy, who was completely immersed in cultivation, suddenly felt the divine sense transmission from Us Lord God. He awoke from his cultivation, sensed his surroundings, and found that his soul power had reached one thousand one hundred and twenty-one times, a tenfold increase from before.

Had ten thousand years passed?

Emerging from the cultivation chamber, Roy was astonished to find that his palace's main hall was now filled with bookshelves, each laden with countless books.

Roy casually pulled out a book and opened it. It recorded the names of various Material Planes and their basic situations, followed by annotations indicating their origin from "XX" in "XX City."

Walking through the bookshelves, Roy spotted a desk, and on it, Shelley, who was still engrossed in writing.

Seated here was Shelley's main body, her Fire Element Divine Body.

Her Wind Element Divine Clone had taken Douglas to Lotus Rock Island in the Netherworld eight thousand years ago, awaiting word from the Lord of Death.

To Shelley's left were countless small slips of paper, containing intelligence on Material Planes gathered by members of the Four Divine Beast Family from the Seven God Planes and Four Supreme Planes.

Shelley was transcribing this intelligence into blank books. If she encountered information about the same plane, she would retrieve previous records and update the plane's data chronologically.

Looking at Shelley, whom he hadn't seen in a hundred thousand years, Roy felt a moment of disorientation.

Over the past hundred thousand years, Shelley had been writing about the customs and landscapes of Material Planes. It was as if she could feel the splendor of each Material Plane through these words. She marveled at the countless Material Planes existing beneath the God Planes and harbored a subtle longing for the lives of ordinary people within them.

With each Material Plane she recorded, Shelley imagined what she would do, what she would play, and what she would eat with Lord Roy if she were to visit that plane.

While the Shelley of a hundred thousand years ago was a majestic Flame War Goddess, the Shelley of today had transformed into a gentle, intellectual, and wise sage.

This was a psychological transformation brought about by a broadened perspective, which had also completely altered Shelley's demeanor.

After finishing the information on the slip of paper she had just taken, Shelley habitually shook her arm.

In reality, with her divine body, writing this was not tiring at all; it was merely a psychological habit.

It was like how one feels uncomfortable after working for a long time without stretching.

At that moment, Shelley saw Roy emerging from behind the bookshelves.

"Ah? Lord Roy, have you come out of seclusion?"

Shelley immediately put down her pen and walked over to Roy, tidying his slightly wrinkled clothes from his prolonged period of sitting.

"Lord Roy, please wait a moment. I've collected many different kinds of teas from others over the years. I'll go prepare one for you right away."

"Mm, alright."

After nodding in agreement, Roy walked over to the desk and sat down, waiting for Shelley to prepare his tea.

As for Us Lord God?

Who was that? Roy didn't know him!

"Tsk!"

Vaguely, Roy seemed to hear Us Lord God smack his lips, but he automatically filtered it out.

Right now, nothing was more important than a cup of tea brewed by his maid.

…

"Hey, you brat!"

In the Sovereign Palace, the Four Divine Beast Lord Gods gathered once more.

Us Lord God was displeased. "We are the dignified Four Divine Beast Lord Gods. Who doesn't give us some face when they see us?"

"He's just a Paragon, yet he has the audacity to make four Lord Gods wait for him? Even a Rule Master wouldn't have his clout, would they?"

"Hahahaha, Us, you're just jealous!"

Contrasting Us Lord God was Nimo Lord God.

With their divine senses, the four of them had naturally noticed Roy's actions.

It was one thing for Roy not to come to meet them immediately when summoned by the Lord Gods, but he was actually leisurely waiting for his maid to brew tea. From this, it could be seen that the maid was more important to Roy than meeting the four of them.

That maid was a third-generation member of the Vermillion Bird Clan.

How could Nimo Lord God not be pleased by this?

"Hey, don't forget, this guy was discovered by our White Tiger Clan, and it was also our White Tiger Clan who absorbed him into the family."

"Then who told your White Tiger Clan not to send pretty girls to welcome Roy?"

"Tsk…"

Us Lord God pouted.

The first time he saw Roy, Us felt that Roy's aura was somewhat familiar. Later, he remembered that Roy was the guy his descendant had summoned over a million years ago using a scroll with a soul imprint he had left behind. Everyone else had knelt, but only this guy was sprawled on the ground.

His knees were really tough.

Thinking about Roy's origins, Us couldn't help but feel sour.

I was here first.

Roy was born in a tribe protected by my White Tiger Clan, raised in a city of my White Tiger Clan, and it was my White Tiger Clan that recommended him to become a family elder. How did it turn out that the Vermillion Bird Clan benefited in the end?

Was it just because the women of the Vermillion Bird Clan were prettier?

Ptooey…

So superficial, truly too superficial. Our White Tiger Clan, all of them are truly White Tigers!

Little brat, what's the use of having a handsome face?

Cursing inwardly, Us decided that if he had the chance, he would put a sack over the head of that junior named Laurent Us and teach him a lesson for not being able to keep an eye on someone.

When Roy arrived at the palace, he inexplicably felt that Us Lord God seemed a bit dejected…

"Hahaha, esteemed Four Lord Gods, I had some important insights into my cultivation, which caused me to be a bit late. I apologize to the four of you."

As soon as he entered, Roy apologized to the Four Divine Beast Lord Gods.

Looking at the state of the Four Divine Beast Lord Gods, they had clearly been waiting for him for some time, and being late was indeed his fault.

And the Four Divine Beast Lord Gods said nothing, just quietly watching him lie.

Heh, do they really think their divine senses are blind?

If you're going to lie, at least make it believable. Can't you come up with something better than this perfunctory excuse?

Saying you had insights into cultivation? Didn't you already reach Paragon? What else do you need insights into?

Are you going to say that now that your main body has become a god, you can still gain insights into other Profound Mysteries of Laws or Rule Mysteries?

Are your insights just about how to enjoy the comfort of a maid's attire?

Of course, this was the internal monologue of the four Lord Gods.

In reality—

"Good, good. Cultivation is the most important thing. It's fine. In the future, as long as you have insights, we'll wait for you no matter how long it takes."

—Nimo Lord God

"It's nothing. We also just arrived not long ago. But, we didn't interrupt your insights, did we?"

—Azure Dragon Sovereign Leding

"Roy, our White Tiger Clan also has beautiful girls. Would you like to go and gain some insights from them too?"

——White Tiger Sovereign Us

"Hoo~ ha..."

——Black Tortoise Sovereign Bowen

After inviting Roy to sit down, Azure Dragon Sovereign Leding personally poured Roy a cup of wine.

This shocked Roy.

What was with the Four Divine Beast Lord Gods today?

"Roy, the four of us brothers toast you with this cup of wine."

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, four Lord Gods, you're too kind. This is all just what I should do. How could I possibly be worthy of receiving..."

"No, you are!"

Sovereign Us interrupted Roy and said earnestly, "Roy, the help you've given us four brothers is far greater than you imagine."

"If you don't mind, from now on, we'll address each other by name."

"You are the youngest, our fifth brother, among us four Divine Beasts!"

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