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Coiling Dragon Book 19
Coiling Dragon Book 19 – Metamorphosis
Chapter 1
The Planar Wars. Just by listening to the Chief Sovereign of Death
describe it, Linley knew how dangerous it had to be. However, Linley
still chose to go! After all, aside from the Chief Sovereign of Death, the
other Sovereigns wouldn’t be able to help him!
“Whether or not you accept has nothing to do with me.” The Chief
Sovereign of Death stared down at Linley. “Everyone who represents
the Netherworld who has accomplishments in the Planar Wars will be
rewarded by me. No matter who! I’m just acting according to the rules,
not just for your sake. I’m simply telling you about this.”
Linley took a deep breath.
“Sovereign, what must I do in order to go participate in the Planar
Wars?” Linley raised his head and asked.
The Chief Sovereign of Death said calmly, “The ‘Purgatory’ of the
Infernal Realm or the ‘Tartarus’ of the Netherworld all have interspatial
doors that lead directly to the Planar Battlefield. The Planar Battlefield is
connected to all seven of the Divine Planes and all four of the Higher
Realms. Hurry up and come up with a way of going to my
Netherworld’s Tartarus. By travelling through the interspatial gate,
you’ll arrive at the Planar Battlefield!”
Linley frowned.
Tartarus?
The book which Beirut had given him regarding the Netherworld hadn’t
mentioned a ‘Tartarus’ region. Actually, it was the same for the Infernal
Realm’s books; there had been no mention of a ‘Purgatory’.
“Sovereign, might I ask where Tartarus…” Linley was about to speak
out.
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“Hmph.” The Chief Sovereign of Death waved her hand.
Immediately, a very thin book covered in black light flew down, landing
in front of Linley. The Chief Sovereign of Death stared down at Linley
and said, “Since you have the courage to go to the Planar Battlefield,
then I too am interested in seeing…if you, Linley, will survive to kill
some commanders, or if you will be killed by other commanders who
will then be rewarded for it!”
Linley wasn’t angry at all. Accepting the book, he bowed slightly.
“Thank you, Sovereign.”
And then, Linley immediately began to flip through the book. The book
was very thin, just ten pages long. Given Linley’s memory, all he needed
to do was sweep through it with a few glances. A few seconds later, the
contents of these ten pages were imprinted deep within his mind.
“So this Tartarus is deep within the Nether Sea?” Linley couldn’t help
but raise his head to look towards the Chief Sovereign of Death.
It was too far away!
If he wished to go to Tartarus, he would first have to completely leave
the Netherworld’s continent and enter the Nether Sea, then venture
deep into the Nether Sea before reaching Tartarus. If he rode on a
metallic lifeform and hurried forward, he would probably need three
centuries or so. This took up far too much time, and…even if he hurried
there, the Planar Wars might have concluded already. He couldn’t
accept this.
“Sovereign, how long will the Planar Wars go on for.” Linley asked
hurriedly.
The Chief Sovereign of Death said calmly, “Each Planar Wars goes on
for a thousand years! This time, the battle between the Divine Light
Realm and the Divine Darkness Realm has already gone on for nearly a
hundred years. More than nine centuries remain. You have plenty of
time to go!”
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Plenty?
There was more than enough time to take part in the war, but Linley
didn’t wish to waste any time. The more time he wasted, the greater the
danger his father and brothers were in of dying a final death. In addition,
the more time he took, the more of the weaker commanders would die
in the Planar Wars. By the time he arrived, most likely the surviving
commanders would be the exceedingly powerful ones.
Such as Beirut…Dunnington…Reisgem…Mosi….
The images of these figures appeared in Linley’s mind!
“Sovereign, then Bebe and I will head out immediately.” Linley said,
bowing.
Bebe had to swallow his discontent and bow before leaving as well.
“Go then.” The Chief Sovereign of Death said calmly. “But I advise you
that before heading to Tartarus, you should first become a Lord of
Tartarus. That will also be very helpful to you in actually entering the
Planar Wars. Arthurs, you lead the way for Linley. Send them out of the
Abyssal Mountain!”
“Yes, Sovereign!” Arthurs bowed.
“First become a Lord of Tartarus, and then enter the Planar Wars?”
Linley was rather puzzled.
But Linley didn’t ask any more questions. Linley and Bebe looked
meaningfully at Bailey in an expression of goodwill, and then strode out
of the Sovereign’s palace, following Arthurs and flying away.
“Mistress, that Linley seems to be quite confident. It seems he knows
almost nothing about the Planar Wars.” By now, the silver serpent
Yennaway was all smiles, quite delighted. Yennaway knew a great deal
regarding the savagery of the Planar Wars, and the struggles between
the commanders. In addition, this was a war! Not a one-on-one duel!
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Sometimes, multiple commanders of one side would join forces to attack
another!
“Thank you, Sovereign.” The silver serpent, Yennaway, laughed while
bowing. She believed that the Sovereign had done this for the sake of
letting Linley go and lose his life there as a way of helping Yennaway
get revenge.
“Thank you, Sovereign.” The colossal gold snake and his nine children
all bowed in gratitude as well.
The Chief Sovereign of Death glanced calmly at them. “Enough. You can
all leave now. Bailey!”
Bailey’s eyes lit up, and he hurriedly walked forward to the center of the
palace. The Chief Sovereign of Death finally was going to allow him to
become an Emissary.
At the base of the Abyssal Mountain.
Linley and Bebe parted with Arthurs.
“Linley, before leaving, I must tell you something.” Arthurs said
solemnly. “Perhaps you aren’t aware of this, but the Sovereigns all have
an agreement. At most, they will give their Emissaries or their children a
single Sovereign artifact! Regardless of which Sovereign’s Emissary it is,
they will at most receive a single Sovereign artifact.”
“A single one?” Bebe frowned.
Linley was stunned. “Just one?”
But yes, that was indeed true!
For example, the Azure Dragon clan’s Patriarch, Gislason, only had a
soul-protecting Sovereign artifact. The Grand Elder, Gaia, only had that
armor-type Sovereign artifact that merged with her scales. Given how
much the Sovereign Azure Dragon cared about his children, why would
he give them just a single one each? Linley finally began to understand.
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“The Sovereigns don’t wish for too great of an imbalance to appear
amongst Highgods either.” Arthurs explained. “If, hypothetically, a
Highgod not only had an armor-type Sovereign artifact that merged into
his body, but also a soul-protecting Sovereign artifact and an attack-type
Sovereign artifact, then tell me…even if this sort of Highgod was weak
in terms of understanding the Laws, wouldn’t he be terrifying?”
Linley was stunned.
If one’s material defense, soul defense, and attack power was all
powered by Sovereign artifacts! This sort of person would indeed be
monstrous.
“That’d…be invincible.” Bebe muttered.
“Supreme experts who acquire one Sovereign artifact will naturally
desire a second one! But Sovereigns can’t just give them one. But if they
want to kill an Emissary and seize the Sovereign artifact…even if you
kill the Emissary and the Sovereign doesn’t deign to lower himself to
killing you in retaliation, the Sovereign will still take back his artifact!”
Arthurs said.
“What? Take it back?” Bebe stared, wide-eyed.
Linley felt surprised as well.
Still, it made sense.
Each Sovereign artifact was the product of countless labors of a
Sovereign, who then gave it to an Emissary. Not avenging the death of
an Emissary was one thing, but how could they not take back their
artifact?
“Thus, if you want to acquire a Sovereign artifact without being
obstructed by a Sovereign, there’s only one method; to participate in the
Planar Wars, and to have accomplishments in battle! If you kill ten
commanders, you’ll be able to trade for a Sovereign artifact you want. If
you kill twenty, you can trade for two!” Arthurs said.
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