This Sadius…he was a particularly special kind of Amethyst Divine Beast—an Amethyst Divine Dragon. Could it be that Sadius was the child of the Redbud Sovereign and some powerhouse from the Azure Dragon lineage?
Impossible. If the Redbud Sovereign had a mate, and it was from the Azure Dragon clan no less, then the Four Divine Beast Families would never have ended up in their current state.
Could it be…there was something between the Redbud Sovereign and the Azure Dragon Sovereign?
No. That thought was quickly dismissed again.
If there really were such a relationship between the Redbud Sovereign and the Azure Dragon Sovereign, the circle of Sovereigns would've known long ago.
Sadius gave an awkward tug at the corner of his mouth.
This Redbud Sovereign…was still thinking about this?!
Sadius' thoughts turned rapidly, and he immediately came up with a countermeasure.
"Sadius greets…elder sister."
"Good child," the Redbud Sovereign replied warmly, not really paying attention to what he said. She just assumed Sadius had called her mother, and was already smiling happily.
But in the very next instant, her expression froze.
"Sadius…what did you just call me?"
Sadius felt a bit nervous, unsure if he should repeat it. He could clearly sense that the enormous face of condensed divine energy belonging to the Redbud Sovereign was showing signs of displeasure.
"Sister! Elder sister, please spare me!" Sadius immediately stepped forward and begged for mercy.
The Redbud Sovereign's face was full of irritation.
"Hmph, you brat! I order you to return to the Redbud Mountains at once! Let's see how I'll deal with you then!"
With that, the giant divine face of the Redbud Sovereign dispersed directly.
Nearby, Pash and Boson, who had been watching this scene, couldn't help but find it amusing.
It seemed like there would be another funny story among the Sovereigns to laugh about later.
But at this moment, they didn't know that this little "joke" they were laughing at would stir up no small storm in the future.
The Sovereigns departed.
The members of the Eight Great Families also left one by one.
The millennia-long campaign against the Four Divine Beast Families was, in the end, brought to a close with just a single sentence from a Sovereign.
Sadius returned to the Skyrite Mountain Range.
"Sadius, why did the Redbud Sovereign call you an Amethyst Divine Beast?" Gailson asked. He didn't know much about the Amethyst Divine Beasts.
But based on the conversation between the Sovereigns and Sadius, it was clear the Redbud Sovereign's true form was an Amethyst Divine Beast.
"This is a secret," Sadius replied calmly. "Simply put…I was originally just a draconic magical beast. Later, I evolved into an Amethyst Divine Beast."
"A magical beast can evolve into a Divine Beast?"
"That's why I said, it's a secret."
In truth, the matter of Sadius evolving into a Divine Beast was no longer a secret among the Sovereigns of Infernal Realm.
Previously, when the Redbud Sovereign had been scouring the world looking for soul-mutated beings, the Sovereigns paid some attention. Naturally, they discovered the changes in those soul-mutated individuals once the Redbud Sovereign found the ones she needed.
Especially with Uhtred—after probing with divine sense, he realized that a dual-element soul mutation of Destruction and Earth could actually refine Amethyst essence from within amethyst crystals to strengthen oneself.
Thus, Uhtred also began searching across the planes for any Divine Beasts born from minerals.
So far, the only known one was Hermes, born in the Earth God Plane. But that guy only had an earth-element talent, and the golden mountain that nurtured him didn't have anything like amethyst essence.
So Uhtred hadn't made much progress yet.
With the crisis of the Eight Great Families completely resolved, the Four Divine Beast Families held another celebration for Sadius.
The four clan leaders, however, felt a bit conflicted deep down.
With Sadius' current strength, he already far surpassed them.
So should the four of them, as clan leaders, now yield and call Sadius Lord?
Naturally, they were unwilling. After all, they were once the children of Sovereigns. Even when facing a Highgod in the Great Perfection Realm, they didn't need to bow their heads.
"Gailson," Sadius said, "I've already settled the matter with the Eight Great Families for you. As for the internal affairs of the Four Divine Beast Families, I won't get involved.
If a true crisis arises, I'll help again. But if any members of the family commit evil deeds, not only will I not help them—I'll personally deal with the offenders."
"We will certainly discipline our clan's juniors properly," Gailson replied solemnly.
Sadius nodded.
He had to head to the Redbud Continent now. Who knew how the Redbud Sovereign would pEuniceh him?
However, Radius was left behind in the Skyrite Mountain Range.
After all, no one knew Radius was actually Sadius' second true body. He could easily hide it away, just like Orloff and Augusta had done.
This time, going to the Amethyst Mountain Range, Sadius decided to leave only his Dark God clone in the Youlan Mansion, while taking his true body along with his other two divine identities to the Redbud Continent.
Joining him were his two wives and two sons.
Recently, both Reyna and Lina had reached the very limit of the Saint-level.
Especially Reyna—she had reached the dual-element Saint-limit in Life and Light. Becoming a God was right before her.
As for Lina, she was at the final step toward becoming a God of Death. It could happen at any moment.
Sadius' eldest son, Luoshen, had already become a God in the Water Element and was now cultivating step by step as planned.
His youngest son, Linley, was already over ten years old.
With the rich elemental energies of Infernal Realm nourishing his innate talents—and with Sadius personally instructing him—Linley had already reached the Saint-level when Dragonformed.
In a few more years, once Linley became a God, Sadius planned to directly use the Dragon Transformation Crystal in his forehead to help Linley become a Water-element God.
That way, Linley would have four elemental talents—Water, Wind, Fire, and Earth.
As for whether he could undergo a soul mutation…Sadius didn't know.
People with uncertain destinies—who could predict what their future held?
Still, Sadius had to prepare a Soulstone for him.
After evolving into an Amethyst Divine Dragon, Sadius himself could condense Soulstones as well—but the process was extremely slow. It might take trillions of years just to condense a tiny one.
So Sadius decided to go to the Amethyst Mountain Range and ask the Redbud Sovereign for a few more.
If worse came to worst, Sadius could just change his tune and recognize the Redbud Sovereign as his mother. Surely she wouldn't refuse then.
The family of five boarded a metallic lifeform and left Youlan Mansion.
Not long after they departed, Lina suddenly broke through.
The laws of Heaven and Earth descended.
Instantly, a group of bandits was drawn over.
In their perception, this metallic lifeform only had one Midgod as its strongest occupant. There were even two people who weren't Gods at all.
How laughable—such weaklings dared to fly a metallic lifeform brazenly in Infernal Realm? They were just asking for death.
As the bandits approached, countless spines suddenly shot out from the metallic lifeform.
Just one of Sadius' spines easily slaughtered the entire group of bandits. Sadius didn't even bother collecting their Divine Sparks or spatial rings; it would just waste his time.
"Linley, watch carefully. This is an advanced application of gravity magic from the Earth element. You can freely manipulate objects, like a telekinetic flight spell. Try it yourself."
Linley had awakened the Azure Dragon bloodline using Sadius' own essence blood.
So he inherited all of Sadius' true form's traits.
Especially the 108 spines—not a single one was missing.
And with the Life Origin Pearl given by Sadius, Linley could also launch the spines from his own body.