A long time after Hegel had left, Grimm stood rooted to the ground, deep in thought.
Under the command of the Broodmother, all the busy fire creatures avoided Grimm's position, not daring to disturb him.
After a long while, Grimm broke free from his thoughts and returned to his normal state.
He was surprised, but not too surprised. His arrival seemed to be within reason.
However, it was unexpected for him to come so early.
Becoming the Sovereign King of Flames? The method was actually very simple. Pull a large plane into a fire elemental plane and let it become a part of the fire elemental plane. That would be enough!
However, Grimm clearly knew the true value of a large plane.
The Magus World was a large-scale plane. Although it was older and had a higher level of power, it was still an indisputable large-scale plane.
The arcane empire that Grimm had invaded and witnessed its destruction was also a large plane. It was so large that it had almost given birth to an arcane empire that could rival the Magus civilisation!
Even in the multiverse, where material planes were as numerous as the stars, there were only a few large planes. All of them were coveted and fought over by the universe's powerful races.
With Grimm's current strength, invading a small plane was not a problem. However, it was extremely difficult to invade a middle-grade plane, and most of the time, it would end in failure.
For example, the Lance Plane, which had long since fallen into the hands of the Crimson Family, was still being developed with great difficulty. If Zero Wing provoked a Tier 4 Dragon Lord, even the steel city, with its frighteningly high defensive power, would suffer a miserable fate as the Dragons stomped on it.
Not to mention a large plane, even a medium-sized plane that was still in the process of being developed was enough to make the Crimson Family's pockets bulge. In that case, the benefits of ruling a large plane alone … That was something that made people's hearts beat faster and their eyes red with envy!
To become the Sovereign King of a fire elemental plane and gain the recognition of the plane's consciousness, the simplest and most direct method was to pull a large plane over and assimilate it with the fire elemental plane.
Such a simple and crude method left Grimm speechless.
Wouldn't it be better for him to just be the King of the World? Why would he exchange a large plane for the title of King of the Fire Elemental Plane?
But thinking about it carefully, the World King of a large dimension might not be as powerful as a Flame Monarch of the Fire Elemental Dimension. And this was decided by the level of the plane and the upper limit of power of both sides.
When the four great elemental realms of earth, fire, water, and wind were combined together, they would form a gigantic material plane that was two levels higher than a large material plane. Moreover, the Fire Elemental Plane was also a super-large plane, one level higher than a large plane.
Therefore, it was understandable that the Flame Sovereign King's status was more distinguished!
However, no matter how noble the Flame Monarch was, Grimm felt that it was not worth it to exchange a large plane for it. However, if it wasn't a large dimension of his own, it might be worth considering sacrificing it to the Fire Elemental Plane.
Of course, Hegel didn't come all the way to the Molten Altar just to tell Grimm how to become the Flame Monarch, but also to mark the boundary.
The Zetas King's territory was 7,000 miles to the northeast of the Molten Altar.
According to the agreement between Grimm and Hegel, before he became a king, his territory could not exceed 1,000 miles from the Molten Altar, and he could not have more than 3 grade 4 subordinates. If he broke the rules, the surrounding Flame Monarchs had the right to expel him from the Fire Elemental Plane.
Of course, the reason for this agreement was most likely because the Flame Monarchs wanted to protect the native creatures of the Fire Elemental Plane. This was the only way to prevent the foreign powerhouses from wantonly hunting and plundering the wild high-grade Flame Monarchs.
But this way, Grimm's plan to expand his influence in the Fire Elemental Plane was somewhat dashed. On the contrary, he had to carefully plan the allocation of the 3 grade 4 subordinates.
After thinking for a while, Grimm threw these troublesome matters to the back of his mind and focused on studying Hegel's strange ghost-like movement method.
He had a feeling that Hegel's movement method did not rely on any items or spells, but was purely a technique to use the power of the rule. This was also the future direction that Grimm had not been able to enter.
Grimm stood there silently, the A.I. Chip replaying the image of Hegel in his mind over and over again. The playback speed was extremely slow, as if every minute movement of Hegel's was broken down into countless tiny rubbings, which were then studied in detail frame by frame.
Apart from that, the A.I. Chip also saw through the various minute changes in Hegel's body.
Combining the two, Grimm finally found some clues.
Laws …
As a Magus of laws, the source of power would always be above laws!
When the A.I. Chip slowed down Hegel's movements to the extreme, Grimm finally saw how the power of laws in Hegel's body coupled with the laws of the outside world, merging his entire body into the plane's system and then breaking free from it at a specific location.
Using the laws of the plane as a bridge for short-distance teleportation …
This kind of teleportation method could ignore any magic shields or barriers. It could also ignore walls, earth, trees, rocks, and other obstacles. As long as the laws of the plane extended to a place, they could freely come and go as they pleased.
The only thing that could stop this kind of teleportation was a barrier of laws or a protection of laws!
But how many people in the plane could have such a high-end protection?
If the Wizard Tower put up all its defences and isolated all connections, it would be possible to stop the infiltration of laws. However, this state of isolation was also abnormally taxing on the Wizard's Pagoda. It would not be a problem to maintain it for ten days to half a month, but the energy pool would be exhausted after a long time.
When that happened, what would he use to stop the infiltration of laws?
The more he analysed and thought about it, the more Grimm felt that this technique of using laws was powerful. If he could use it in actual combat, then his enemies would be in deep trouble!
"A.I. Chip, immediately create a new research topic. Deduce high-level usage of the law of fire, as well as the compatibility between the law of fire and the laws of the plane …"
[Beep. Mission established … Deducing mission model requires gathering information on laws … Mission has been broken down. Host needs to complete experiments on laws before proceeding to the next step …]
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Whoosh! The A.I. Chip in Grimm's mind projected a large amount of data. Numerous spell formulas and calculations fell from the top of the screen like an avalanche, piling up at the bottom of the screen. The pile grew taller and taller, as if it was going to drown the entire screen.
"A.I. Chip, there's no need to show me these intermediate processes in the future. Just show me the final result!"
[Beep. Command accepted …]
In the next moment, the entire screen was cleared, leaving only three conditions flashing with green light.
[1. Body of laws (78% complete) …]
[2. Condense the will of fire (0% progress) …]
[3. Complete experiment on the compatibility of laws (not started yet) …]
Grimm's gaze slowly swept past the three conditions, thinking silently.
Body of laws was something he had been doing ever since he had become a Grade 5 Magus. However, he had always used the power of laws within the Divine Fire Orb to radiate his body, allowing it to adapt to the strength of the laws of fire.
Now, he wanted to completely transform his body into laws, so that he could fuse with the laws!
After completing the first step, Grimm already had the foundation to fuse with the system of laws. However, the second step, the will of fire, was essential. Without the control of the will of fire, it would be easy to fuse with the laws, but separating them would be a problem.
After all, Grimm only wanted to borrow the system of laws, and not give everything he had to Leylin. Without his own will, fusing with the laws would be more like being devoured by them.
Hence, condensing the will of fire that surpassed the laws was the most important thing.
However, how to condense the will of fire was an extremely vague problem. If Grimm wanted to research this, he would have to pay a visit to the old powerhouses of various planes or the old Magi of his faction.
He could not rush such a thing. He could only take it one step at a time and slowly explore.
After all, with the ten thousand years of a Grade 5 Magus' lifespan, there was still plenty of time for him to squander.
As for the third condition, he could carry out some related experiments in advance.
However, without completing the body of laws, it would be too risky to carry out such experiments. Hence, it seemed like he would have to hurry up with the body of laws.
Just as Grimm was about to return to Boulder Castle after dealing with some matters in the Fire Elemental Plane, the cloned brain Sauk received an interesting message.
The message was sent from the Sorcerer World's internal plane, and the content of the message was very simple, just one sentence.
"The demigod lich Congnus has returned to the Corpse Plane. It's said that he's trying to break through to Grade 5 …"
In truth, Grimm was not surprised to receive this message.
In terms of talent and strength, the demigod lich Congnus was not inferior to him in any aspect. This was especially true after he obtained the Austere Winter's Chest. His strength had improved by leaps and bounds, and he was improving by leaps and bounds.
The reason he had only started to advance after such a long time was not because of his poor talent, but because of the special nature of a lich!
Liches were undead creatures, typical undead creatures.
They did not have flesh, bones, or meridians in their bodies, so they did not have life energy to nourish the soul. Under such circumstances, their advancement almost entirely depended on the transition of their souls.
Perhaps the transition of the soul was not the most difficult part, but modifying a lich's phylactery so that it could accommodate a new soul … That was the most difficult part for a lich to advance.
If the advancement failed and endangered a lich's phylactery, the demigod lich that stood proudly at the peak of the plane could be reduced to ashes in the next moment.
Hence, the difficulty of advancing a lich was several times greater than that of a human Magus.
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