However, the participation of Teresia's Sovereign Army truly came as a surprise to Levlenxia.
After all, Teresia was still the strongest Sovereign in the Wind Divine Plane second only to the Wind Chief Sovereign, Diya.
This time, the Wind Chief Sovereign Diya had led the Sovereigns of the Wind Divine Plane to stand under the banner of the Light Chief Sovereign Augusta. Yet Teresia had instead joined Levlenxia's side, thoroughly Orloffnding both Diya and Augusta.
It could be said that after this Planar War, Teresia might no longer have any place left in the Wind Divine Plane.
Indeed, bound by the Sovereign Edicts, neither the Light Chief Sovereign Augusta nor the Wind Chief Sovereign Diya could attack Teresia personally.
However, having the Sovereign Armies and Sovereign Emissaries under their command surround and exterminate Teresia's Sovereign Army and Sovereign Emissaries would not violate the Sovereign Edicts.
Once Teresia's Sovereign Emissaries and Sovereign Army were wiped out, he would effectively cease to exist within the Wind Divine Plane.
No Sovereign dared violate the Sovereign Edicts established by the Death Chief Sovereign.
The Sovereign Edicts clearly stipulated that Sovereigns were forbidden from interfering in the affairs of Deities without cause.
Thus, Sovereign Emissaries and Sovereign Armies were the extension of a Sovereign's will within the Divine Planes.
If a Sovereign's Sovereign Emissaries and Sovereign Army were completely destroyed, that Sovereign would lose all influence within the Divine Plane. To ordinary Deities, such a Sovereign would be no different from one who did not exist.
When that time came, Teresia would probably have no face left to remain in the Wind Divine Plane.
Levlenxia silently remembered this favor.
She felt that if Teresia truly ended up being targeted by both the Wind Divine Plane and the Light Divine Plane after this Planar War, she could ask her father-in-law to provide Teresia with some protection.
If Teresia knew what Levlenxia was thinking, he would probably laugh helplessly.
In terms of strength, after receiving a drop of White Tiger Sovereign blood essence bestowed by Locke, Teresia had already broken through her bottleneck and successfully comprehended the first ten percent of the Law of Space, increasing his strength tenfold.
As long as neither the Wind Chief Sovereign Diya nor the Light Chief Sovereign Augusta acted personally, even an Intermediate Light Sovereign might not necessarily be his match.
Furthermore, Teresia had already pledged his allegiance to Locke and received his approval, earning the qualification to build a Sovereign Palace atop Mount Abyssal.
However, Levlenxia could hardly be blamed for not knowing this.
As the Water Chief Sovereign, Levlenxia had to remain stationed in the Water Divine Plane for extended periods.
When Teresia pledged his allegiance to Locke, Levlenxia had not been in the Netherworld.
"It seems that this time, maintaining an undefeated record in the Planar War will be almost impossible."
Looking at the situation unfolding on the battlefield below, Levlenxia let out a faint sigh.
However, she quickly cast aside her slight displeasure.
Although Levlenxia's strength was roughly comparable to that of the other Law Chief Sovereigns, because she was Chief Sovereign Locke's daughter-in-law and the adopted daughter of the Life Chief Sovereign, her status was exceptionally distinguished.
Even the Destruction Chief Sovereign Wordred and the Fate Chief Sovereign Orloff treated Levlenxia differently from the other Law Chief Sovereigns.
"Still..."
Glancing at the Sovereigns around her, Levlenxia slowly closed her eyes.
"Forget it."
"This has nothing to do with me."
"Whether the Light Chief Sovereign Augusta secures a second ten consecutive victories in the Planar Battlefield doesn't really affect the Water Divine Plane."
With Chief Sovereign Locke, the Death Chief Sovereign, and the Life Chief Sovereign standing behind her, the outcome of the Planar War held little importance to Levlenxia.
The reason she cared about the Planar Battlefield at all was simply to set an example for the Water Sovereigns.
As the ruler of the Water Divine Plane, she had a responsibility to lead by example in helping the Water Sovereigns pursue greater strength.
The Planar War represented hope for Sovereigns to increase their power.
If even the Chief Sovereign gave up, the other Sovereigns would naturally lose hope as well.
The Wind Divine Plane and the Dark Divine Plane were perfect examples of this.
Within less than ten trillion years, the Sovereigns of both the Wind Divine Plane and the Dark Divine Plane would inevitably become estranged from their respective Chief Sovereigns.
At that point, unless the Wind Chief Sovereign Diya and the Dark Chief Sovereign could lead their respective Divine Planes to achieve a streak of ten consecutive victories in the Planar Battlefield, the Wind and Dark Sovereigns would never truly rally behind them again.
On the battlefield itself, one of the Water Divine Plane's two galaxy passages was already on the verge of collapse.
On one passage, where both sides had roughly equal numbers, the five Sovereign Armies of the Light Sovereigns were locked in battle against the five Sovereign Armies of the Yulan faction and Teresia.
The decisive battle had already lasted several decades, yet fewer than half a Sovereign Army's worth of Deities had died on this battlefield.
The fighting appeared fierce, but both sides remained remarkably restrained.
Clearly, they all understood that this was not yet the moment to unleash their full strength.
Only after the outcome of the other galaxy passage was decided would the true battle here begin.
The situation on the other galaxy passage was far more brutal.
Fighting there were the Sovereign Armies of the other four Water Sovereigns, together with Loran's Death Sovereign Army.
Opposing them were the eight Sovereign Armies from the Dark Divine Plane and the Wind Divine Plane.
In merely a few decades, casualties there had already reached nearly the equivalent of three entire Sovereign Armies.
At the current casualty rate, in less than a century the Water Divine Plane's Sovereign Armies would no longer be able to completely block the galaxy passage.
Once that happened, they would be surrounded by the Sovereign Armies of the Light Divine Plane's alliance and ultimately slaughtered.
Just as Levlenxia believed this Planar War was destined to end in defeat, two additional Sovereign Armies suddenly joined the Water Divine Plane's side, instantly restoring the balance of the battlefield.
"Those are... the Violet Sovereign's Violet Army... and the Bloodridge Sovereign's Sovereign Army?"
The moment these two Sovereign Armies appeared, most of the Sovereigns shifted their gazes toward the Violet Sovereign and the Bloodridge Sovereign.
Then, from the corners of their eyes, they secretly glanced at the expression of the Destruction Chief Sovereign Wordred.
Clearly, the Sovereigns all assumed that the participation of these two Infernal Realm Sovereign Armies had been ordered by Wordred.
Thinking about it, that assumption was understandable.
Back then, it had been Chief Sovereign Wordred who vetoed Augusta's promotion to the rank of Rule Chief Sovereign.
At the last Sovereign Assembly hosted by Chief Sovereign Locke, Augusta had even taken advantage of his battle with the newly promoted Rule Chief Sovereign Linley to openly mock Wordred.
Fortunately, Chief Sovereign Linley's strength had been overwhelming, allowing him to instantly kill the Light Chief Sovereign Augusta with astonishing power.
Otherwise, even if Linley had merely fought Augusta to a draw—or if their battle had simply lasted a bit longer—Chief Sovereign Wordred's authority as a Rule Chief Sovereign would have suffered greatly.
Under such circumstances, it was only natural that Wordred would not wish to see Augusta obtain another streak of ten consecutive victories in the Planar Battlefield and successfully advance into the ranks of the Rule Chief Sovereigns.
Of course, given Wordred's identity and status, it was impossible for him to intervene personally, nor could he order all five other Destruction Sovereigns of the Infernal Realm to participate.
Sending only two Sovereign Armies to block Augusta was already enough to express his stance.
However, this time, the Sovereigns had guessed wrong.
Wordred had never regarded Augusta as worthy of concern.
In Wordred's eyes, even if Augusta obtained another portion of Will, he would still be nothing more than an insignificant figure that Wordred could crush with one hand.
The participation of the Violet Sovereign and the Bloodridge Sovereign had actually been the result of Beirut and Bluefire's persuasion.
However, after noticing the gazes of the surrounding Sovereigns, Beirut and Bluefire tacitly hid themselves behind Linley instead of stepping forward to greet the Violet Sovereign and the Bloodridge Sovereign.
What a joke.
Under the current circumstances, even Chief Sovereign Wordred himself believed that the Bloodridge Sovereign Pash and the Violet Sovereign were acting on his behalf.
If the two of them stepped out to greet them now, they would be publicly slapping Wordred in the face.
"Now the outcome is anyone's guess..."
Hearing the discussions among the Sovereigns, the Light Chief Sovereign Augusta's expression darkened.
He knew better than anyone how unpopular he was among the Sovereigns.
When he held the advantage earlier, none of the other Sovereigns had intervened.
But now that two Infernal Realm Sovereign Armies had entered the battlefield, the difference between the two sides had shrunk to only one Sovereign Army.
The remaining Sovereigns would undoubtedly begin entertaining other ideas.
There were quite a few Sovereigns who did not wish to see the Light Divine Plane achieve another streak of ten consecutive victories.
"Hmph!"
Augusta immediately snorted coldly before turning to the other Light Sovereigns beside him.
"Deploy the Angel Legions immediately!"
No matter how precious the Angel Legions were to him, Augusta understood that if he failed to send them into battle now and firmly secure victory, then once the remaining Sovereigns also dispatched their Sovereign Armies to reinforce the Water Divine Plane, he would have no chance left at all.
"Th-this..."
One of the Light Sovereigns hesitated briefly.
But the moment Augusta shot him a gaze filled with killing intent, he immediately nodded frantically.
"I understand, Lord Augusta. I'll send them into the Planar Battlefield at once!"
...
"Hm?"
"The Light Sovereigns are deploying their trump card already?"
"Aren't they usually extremely protective of them?"
The Sovereigns were all thoroughly familiar with the Light Sovereigns' Angels.
Especially those who had lived through the first War of Faith—they were filled with envy.
The Light Laws naturally symbolized holiness, while every Angel possessed the soul of someone whose spirit had been utterly pure.
As a result, Angels born from the Angel Rebirth Pool appeared like incarnations of sanctity itself, naturally earning the goodwill of mortals throughout the Material Planes.
In every plane where Angels descended, the Church of Light had completely overwhelmed all other churches in terms of faith.
Although the power of faith was no longer particularly useful to the Sovereigns, the Angels still remained the Light Sovereigns' greatest treasure.
In their hearts, the Angels held a status far above that of ordinary Sovereign Army soldiers.
Everyone had assumed that even if Augusta intended to commit the Angel Legions during this Planar War, he would only deploy them at the very end, when the final victory was to be decided.
No one expected that while the battlefield below was still deadlocked, the Light Sovereigns had already committed their treasured Angels.
The difference between ten Sovereign Armies fighting thirteen and twelve Sovereign Armies fighting eighteen was more than merely incremental.
The moment the Angel Legions entered the battlefield, the intensity of the fighting instantly rose to an entirely new level.
Previously, only one galaxy passage had been the site of particularly fierce combat.
Now, both galaxy passages had become enormous meat grinders, with countless Deities dying every moment.
Even Angels frequently had their wings severed as they fell.
Suddenly, while chatting with Beirut and Bluefire, Linley froze.
He immediately spread out his divine sense, and before long, he discovered a figure within the Angel Legions that was painfully familiar.
"Impossible..."
"That's... Mother?"
Linley's mind shook violently.
Back when he had asked Chief Sovereign Locke to resurrect his loved ones, Locke had revived his father as well as his three sworn brothers from his academy dormitory.
Only his mother, Lina, had not been resurrected.
At the time, Linley had believed that his mother Lina's soul had been destroyed within the Necropolis of the Dead.
But now, after seeing an Angel who looked almost identical to his mother, he suddenly remembered something his father had once mentioned.
His mother had apparently been Orloffred as a sacrifice by the Radiant Church.
Now it seemed she had been sacrificed from the Yulan Plane to the Angel Rebirth Pool of a Light Sovereign in the Light Divine Plane and reborn as an Angel.
The strength Lina displayed in battle was no weaker than that of an ordinary Seven-Star Fiend.
However, on a battlefield like this...
Not to mention a mere Seven-Star Fiend—even experts at the Prefect level faced extreme danger.
Even Sovereign Emissaries equipped with Sovereign artifacts fell from time to time.
Linley didn't know about the others.
But among his own eight Sovereign Emissaries, three had already perished.
Under such circumstances, how could Linley possibly allow his mother to remain on this battlefield?
Without the slightest hesitation, Linley reached out and tore open a spatial rift into the Planar Battlefield, directly pulling Lina out of the battlefield.
That single action left every Sovereign stunned.
None of them had imagined that Chief Sovereign Linley would directly intervene and remove an Angel from the Planar Battlefield.
Boom!
In an instant, the Rules within the spatial turbulence erupted into chaos.
A vast amount of the Edicts of Destruction condensed together, forming a majestic figure over a hundred meters tall...
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