Of course, even among Gods, there were differences in quality.
Just like Loran and Carlene.
Loran had become a God after completely fusing two Profound Mysteries of different Laws and possessed strength comparable to a Highgod.
Carlene, on the other hand, had become a God by comprehending two Profound Mysteries, but she had not embarked on the path of fusing Profound Mysteries.
At present, among Gods, Carlene could only be considered average.
If Carlene had been placed in a material plane, even she herself wouldn't have had confidence in becoming a Deity.
Just as Loran and the others thought that the person who had appeared was a native genius of the material plane, Cowell spoke up.
"Big Brother, is this a Planar Overseer?"
As one of the captains of Bluewing City's city guards, Cowell naturally knew that in the countless material planes, aside from the native inhabitants, there were also Planar Overseers who had come from the Divine Planes or Higher Planes.
At the beginning, Planar Overseers had been Sovereign Army soldiers. Their purpose was to monitor the progress of faith collection in the material planes under their respective Sovereigns and to ensure that no audacious individuals dared to secretly embezzle their Sovereign's faith.
Later, when the Sovereigns realized that no matter how much faith power they gathered, it wouldn't allow their cultivation to advance further, they gradually paid less attention to the material planes.
As a result, the Sovereigns recalled their soldiers stationed there.
However, the faith of the material planes still belonged to the Sovereigns.
The Sovereigns might not care about faith power itself, but they certainly cared about their authority.
Thus, the task of monitoring the creatures of the material planes and guarding the Plane Transfer Arrays was handed over to those related to Sovereign Army soldiers.
Some families of Sovereign Army soldiers relied on guiding talented cultivators from the material planes, thereby providing their clans in the Divine Planes and Higher Planes with many powerful reinforcements.
Although Cowell knew about Planar Overseers and what they represented, this was the first time he had actually seen one.
Five trillion years ago, when Cowell had still been living in the material plane, he hadn't even reached the ninth rank and was far from qualified to meet a Planar Overseer.
By the time Locke restored his memories and he had refined a divine spark to become a Highgod and established himself firmly in Bluewing City, there was no way he would spend a trillion inkstones just to see a Planar Overseer.
"Planar Overseer?"
"What is that?"
Loran and the other two turned to Cowell and asked.
"Hahaha, a so-called Planar Overseer is..."
Their question happened to touch upon knowledge Cowell possessed, causing him to become quite pleased with himself as he explained everything he knew about Planar Overseers.
Meanwhile, the God who had greeted them was already sweating lightly.
Although the current Planar Overseers were no longer Sovereign Army soldiers but members of the soldiers' families, outsiders generally knew very little about this matter.
Those who knew of such things were either connected to the Sovereign Army themselves, Sovereign Emissaries, or members of major clans from the various planes.
No matter which category it was, it meant that the group before him was far beyond anything he could afford to offend.
To put it more seriously, even the clan behind him might not be able to offend them.
As for himself...
Well, anyone capable of traveling from a Divine Plane or Higher Plane to a material plane—even a mere Saint-level expert—was not someone he could afford to provoke.
Before becoming the Planar Overseer of the Frostsnow Plane, he had once heard of an elder from his family who had extorted a Saint-level traveler who had arrived in the material plane.
As it turned out, that Saint-level expert was from the Four Divine Beasts clan...
He didn't know what had happened afterward.
He only knew that before he had even heard that rumor, that elder serving as a Planar Overseer and all of that elder's relatives within three generations had completely vanished without a trace.
"Alright, let's first pay respects to your grandfather and grandmother."
Fortunately, the Planar Overseer didn't have to remain worried for long, because Locke spoke.
With Loran's current strength, there was nothing in a material plane that could truly provide him with experience.
Thus, Locke didn't intend to waste time.
After hearing Locke's words, Loran and the others immediately followed behind him and flew toward the place where Locke had buried his parents.
Five trillion years was considered an extremely long period even in the Divine Planes, let alone in a material plane.
The Frostsnow Empire, which had once stood as a super empire in the Frostsnow Plane, had long since collapsed and disappeared into the currents of history.
The current Frostsnow Plane was divided into two empires and seven kingdoms, with several hundred smaller vassal states.
As for religion, although the Radiant Church still occupied the majority of the faith, the Life Church, Dark Church, and Earth Church had all risen as well.
Apart from the two empires, none of the other powers possessed Deities.
However, every faction had at least three Saint-level experts.
Locke's group flew across the skies above several major powers.
Sensing the terrifying divine auras emanating from Little Black and the others, these forces completely ignored the fact that their dignity had been trampled upon.
After all, these were gods!
The grace of gods was like the sea, and the might of gods was like a prison.
Thunder and rain alike were both divine grace.
These words were not merely jokes.
If they truly dared to uphold the dignity of their churches, then in the next moment they themselves would become examples used by the gods to display their authority.
After paying respects to their parents, Cowell seemed to have been touched emotionally and decided to search the Frostsnow Plane for his descendants.
However, five trillion years was a very long time even by the standards of the Divine Planes and Higher Planes.
During such a vast span of time, even superpowers of the Divine Planes and Higher Planes had fallen, let alone those of a material plane.
At the very least, according to Cowell's bloodline sensing, not a single one of his descendants remained in the Frostsnow Plane.
Although Cowell didn't have particularly deep feelings toward his blood descendants, upon discovering that his lineage had truly become extinct, he still felt a sense of melancholy.
When he returned to Locke's side, he appeared rather dispirited.
Clearly, he had not yet recovered from the disappearance of his descendants.
However, after seeing Carlene, Cowell's mood improved considerably.
Although his descendants in the material plane had vanished into the river of history, he had already remarried in the Higher Plane and established a new family.
Aside from Carlene, Mila was still serving within the Sovereign Army.
Compared to himself, Mila was currently the most accomplished member of the family.
As for Locke...
While he remained alive, the Cowell family could perhaps still borrow the prestige of being associated with a Sovereign family.
But if he were to die one day, then the highest-status individuals the Cowell family could still contact would only be Loran and Mila.
At that point, how could the Cowell family still be considered a Sovereign family?
"Lord Locke, these are the divine beast blood essences and heavenly treasures collected over these years."
"According to your instructions, I only conducted transactions with the eight families from the eight planes. I didn't seek replacement families for the three planes whose families were destroyed previously, so the quantity of divine beast blood essences and heavenly treasures collected this time is somewhat lower."
On Mount Abaddon, after handing over the interspatial ring to Locke, Ryan explained.
"It doesn't matter. This slight reduction in quantity won't affect me much."
After taking the ring, Locke nodded.
Ever since obtaining the Four Divine Beasts clan as a source of Four Divine Beasts blood essences every thousand years, Locke's demand for the blood essences of other divine beasts had decreased considerably.
As the most blessed divine beasts in the Coiling Dragon Universe, the mysteries contained within the Four Divine Beasts far surpassed those of other divine beasts.
A single drop of Black Tortoise or White Tiger blood essence was equivalent to a thousand drops from other divine beasts possessing spatial innate abilities.
However, Locke also knew that if he truly wanted to elevate the Dijiang bloodline into a spatial supreme divine beast bloodline, then the spatial Laws within the Dijiang bloodline would ultimately have to reach perfection.
Using the Four Divine Beasts Sovereigns' blood essences as the foundation and the blood essences of other divine beasts as branches and leaves, he would create the only spatial supreme divine beast in the Coiling Dragon Universe.
"Oh right, Ryan. During these last ten million years, have there been any geniuses or experts who caught your eye?"
In truth, Locke hadn't held much hope when asking this question.
Yet to his surprise, he actually heard a very familiar name from Ryan.
"Lord Locke, throughout these ten million years, I've continuously paid attention to newly emerged geniuses and experts."
To Ryan, so-called experts had to possess at least Prefect-level strength.
As for geniuses, they were those with the potential to reach the Prefect level or even higher, but who had not yet fully matured.
Of course, the standard required for a genius to catch Ryan's attention was extremely high.
For those born in material planes, they had to become Deities within a hundred years and then, after entering a Divine Plane or Higher Plane, become Gods who completed the fusion of two Profound Mysteries within a thousand years.
As for natives of the Divine Planes and Higher Planes, they had to become Deities within ten years and similarly complete the fusion of Profound Mysteries within a thousand years after becoming Gods.
Ten million years wasn't very long for people like Locke and Ryan.
But for these geniuses, it was enough time for them to grow into experts.
Those who failed to fully realize their potential or who died midway simply didn't deserve the title of "expert."
Just look at Dunnington.
A true genius had reached the pinnacle of the Edicts within a million years and become an invincible Paragon Highgod.
Of course, Dunnington's achievements were inseparable from the help of the Blackstone Garment.
Without it, he probably would have needed ten million years to become a Paragon.
"The most famous expert to emerge during these ten million years is a powerful figure from the Infernal Realm named Mosi Bagshaw."
(End of Chapter)
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