After spatial divine power appeared within Locke's body, he felt as though the spatial bloodline inside him had scented delicious food like a ravenous glutton, instantly devouring all the spatial power within him.
"Hm?"
This situation caused Locke to pause slightly in surprise.
But immediately afterward, Locke directly released all of his soul power and extended it into the spatial turbulence to absorb spatial power.
After Locke's soul power advanced into the Nascent Soul realm, it had become more than ten times stronger than when he had been at the Soul Golden Core stage.
This immense soul power absorbing spatial power within the spatial turbulence directly caused the spatial turbulence outside the Netherworld to erupt violently, forming a gigantic spatial vortex.
Such a disturbance was quickly noticed by the Sovereigns. Immediately, one Sovereign after another spread their divine senses toward the spatial turbulence outside the Netherworld, wanting to discover exactly what had happened there.
However, what shocked these Sovereigns was that the moment their divine senses touched that enormous spatial vortex, it felt as though they were using tofu to smash against stone—their divine senses were instantly shredded apart by the vortex.
This result caused all the Sovereigns to be greatly alarmed.
If only the divine senses of Lesser and Intermediate Sovereigns had been destroyed, they might have assumed the one causing this disturbance was one of the Chief Sovereigns.
But among the shattered divine senses, the Sovereigns had also detected the divine sense of the Chief Sovereign of Fate, Orloff.
Even existences at the level of the Four Chief Sovereigns were unable to peer into what was happening within the spatial vortex?
Very quickly, several curious Sovereigns tore open space and entered the spatial turbulence, heading toward the Netherworld.
When they arrived at the location of the spatial vortex, everyone discovered that the three Death Sovereigns of the Netherworld were already standing outside the spatial turbulence, solemnly staring at the vortex.
"Chief Sovereign of Death, may I ask what exactly this spatial vortex outside the Netherworld is?"
Soon, the Sovereigns of the other Divine Planes and Higher Planes also arrived outside the Netherworld's spatial turbulence. Orloff gazed solemnly at the spatial vortex and questioned the Chief Sovereign of Death.
"You're asking me? How would I know?"
The Chief Sovereign of Death crossed her arms over her chest and showed no courtesy whatsoever toward Orloff despite both being among the Four Chief Sovereigns, directly snapping back at him.
In truth, regarding the disturbance within the spatial turbulence, the Chief Sovereign of Death suspected it was related to Locke.
After all, the earlier descent of the Laws of Heaven and Earth most likely meant that Locke had become the universe's first spatial deity.
The birth of a spatial deity and the violent upheaval within the spatial turbulence—if those two things had no connection whatsoever, even the Chief Sovereign of Death would not believe it.
But why should she tell the other Sovereigns?
Moreover, when ordinary deities ascended to godhood, at most it only took a few dozen breaths to complete under the assistance of the Laws of Heaven and Earth.
Yet the Laws of Heaven and Earth above Mount Netherworld had descended for nearly six hours now and still had not retreated.
It was precisely because Mount Netherworld was her territory that, after noticing something abnormal about the duration of the descent of the Laws of Heaven and Earth, the Chief Sovereign of Death had immediately knocked every lifeform on Mount Netherworld unconscious to prevent them from discovering anything unusual.
Soon, even the Chief Sovereign of Life and the Chief Sovereign of Destruction arrived and looked toward the enormous spatial vortex.
Fortunately, the relationship between the planes and the spatial turbulence was like the front and back sides of a sheet of paper. Only by tearing open spatial cracks could interaction occur between the two sides.
Otherwise, events occurring within the planes and those occurring within the spatial turbulence remained entirely separate from one another.
Within the Water Divine Plane, Locke's Fate Sovereign true body was still refining divine spark essence when a streak of blue light appeared, tearing open a spatial crack before stepping into it.
This was Locke's water divine clone.
The disturbance caused by his original body absorbing spatial divine power had exceeded Locke's expectations.
The spatial vortex within the spatial turbulence had formed because Locke was absorbing spatial power from the spatial turbulence far too quickly.
Even Locke himself had not expected this.
No, it was not that he had never considered it. Rather, after becoming both a deity and a Sovereign, he had subconsciously overlooked the matter.
Back when he first became a Saint-level expert, Locke's absorption of water elemental essence had created an enormous elemental vortex within the Magical Beast Mountain Range of the Frostsnow Plane.
The spatial power within the spatial turbulence was much like the elemental essence within material planes. Now that Locke had become a spatial deity, the amount of spatial power required to condense spatial divine power naturally would not be small.
Combined with Locke's absurdly powerful soul force, creating a spatial vortex within the spatial turbulence was perfectly normal.
At present, nearly all the Sovereigns had rushed to the spatial turbulence outside the Netherworld. To prevent those Sovereigns from interrupting his absorption of spatial power and the condensation of spatial divine power, Locke naturally had to go over and guide the situation a little.
"Oh?"
The moment he stepped into the spatial turbulence, Locke immediately sensed the enormous difference compared to before.
The spatial turbulence was the express route used by Sovereigns for travel.
Normally, a destination that required half a day to reach within a Divine Plane or Higher Plane could be reached in only dozens of breaths by traveling through the spatial turbulence.
As for those beLesser the Sovereign level, only those possessing a material defense Sovereign artifact or Paragons possessing Will power could survive within the spatial turbulence.
And note—it was only survival.
Under the terrifying pressure of the spatial turbulence, even those with Sovereign artifacts or Paragons possessing Will power could not move at all within the spatial turbulence. They could only wait for rescue from a Sovereign or endure endless loneliness trapped within the turbulence.
Locke's water divine clone possessed both water-element Great Perfection and a portion of Will power from his Fate Sovereign clone. Even so, he had only barely been able to walk within the spatial turbulence.
Previously, when Locke's water divine clone moved through the spatial turbulence, he primarily relied upon the enhancement of fused Laws to move as swiftly as ordinary Sovereigns.
But now, the moment Locke's water divine clone entered the spatial turbulence, he immediately felt that the tremendous pressure the turbulence once exerted upon him had completely vanished.
Locke even felt that if he withdrew the Will power surrounding his body right now, the spatial turbulence still would not be able to harm him in the slightest.
Not only that, Locke could also sense that within the spatial turbulence, he could actually mobilize spatial power itself to enhance himself.
"The Water-Space Laws?"
Joy appeared in Locke's heart as he quickly realized the reason for this feeling.
His original body had already fully comprehended ten percent of the Laws of Space, so naturally he had also obtained the insights and affinity for that portion of the Laws of Space.
Under such circumstances, although he still had not fused this newly comprehended ten percent of the Laws of Space with the water-element Laws, the spatial Laws he had already fused were enough for the spatial power within the turbulence to acknowledge him.
Right now, the spatial turbulence was effectively his home field.
With a thought, Locke took a step forward.
The next instant, Locke's figure suddenly vanished from the spatial turbulence surrounding the Water Divine Plane and appeared much farther away within the turbulence.
This was teleportation!
By relying upon the power of the Water-Space Laws, Locke had actually managed to use an ability within the spatial turbulence that ordinarily required a sufficiently deep comprehension of the Laws of Space to perform.
"The Laws of Space within the Coiling Dragon Universe are formed through the fusion of the four elemental Laws of earth, wind, water, and fire."
"My water-element Laws have already reached Great Perfection. Comprehending aspects of the Laws of Space related to the profundities of water-element Laws, such as spatial transfer and spatial lock, is not particularly difficult."
After glancing back at the Water Divine Plane, Locke stepped forward once more, flickering through the spatial turbulence at a speed even faster than the flight speed of the other Sovereigns as he headed toward the Netherworld's spatial turbulence.
Although Locke's teleportation speed within the spatial turbulence was extremely fast, he had still departed later than the other Sovereigns. By the time he arrived at the spatial turbulence outside the Netherworld, aside from a few Sovereigns, most of them had already gathered there.
"Locke."
Upon seeing Locke, the Chief Sovereign of Death immediately abandoned the other three Chief Sovereigns and flew toward him.
The other Sovereigns found nothing strange about this scene.
After all, Lord Locke and the Chief Sovereign of Death had become husband and wife tens of millions of years ago. Their marriage contract had even hung in the skies of the Netherworld for a hundred years, attracting many water-element experts to settle there permanently.
"Lillia."
Smiling as he nodded toward the Chief Sovereign of Death and giving her a reassuring look, Locke asked her, "What do the other Sovereigns think about this spatial vortex?"
After receiving Locke's signal, the Chief Sovereign of Death felt reassured and relayed the conclusions reached during the discussions among the Sovereigns.
"Based on the shape of this spatial vortex, everyone believes that at the center of this spatial turbulence, there may be either a powerful lifeform or a powerful treasure."
"If it's a powerful lifeform, then everyone estimates that once it is fully born, it will possess at least the strength of a Lesser Sovereign."
Hearing this, Locke nodded.
Indeed, if the Sovereigns' speculation was correct and this truly was a lifeform being nurtured within the spatial turbulence, then that lifeform's strength would definitely be at least Sovereign-level.
After all, only Sovereigns could move freely within the spatial turbulence.
If even a lifeform born from the spatial turbulence itself could not move freely within the turbulence, then it would probably be crushed to pieces by the terrifying pressure the moment it was born.
"And if what's being nurtured is a treasure, then the grade of this treasure may far exceed that of a Sovereign artifact, perhaps reaching the level of the Heart of the Netherworld."
"Right now, everyone's opinion is to wait and observe quietly until this lifeform or treasure finishes forming."
In truth, the "everyone's opinion" spoken of by the Chief Sovereign of Death did not refer to all Sovereigns, but specifically to the opinions of the Four Chief Sovereigns.
For the Sovereigns—especially the weakest Lesser Sovereigns at the very bottom of the hierarchy—they did not wish for the appearance of some unknown existence capable of threatening their lives.
(End of Chapter)
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