Chapter 101: The Great Perfections' Melee

"Ha ha, Xiao En, Lai Si Te, you really came." Bai E's divine consciousness sent a hearty laugh: "Counting you, there are five Great Perfections in total."

Xiao En also smiled lightly and replied, "I guess there will be other Great Perfections arriving as well."

The events on this Abiya Material Plane are no less important than the Supreme God's relics in the original work; after all, with just two will‑power power rewards one can crush the Supreme Divine Artifact, and the number of angels decides the battlefield's outcome.

Lai Si Te, full of fighting spirit, said, "Bai E, our last duel was ten trillion years ago; it's hard to meet again, so later we must spar properly."

"I'm ready to accompany you anytime, but not now," Bai E smiled lightly, "Let's spar after this plane's affairs are settled, okay?"

Among the Four Great Rules and Seven Great Laws, the Wind Law, Destruction Rule, and Earth Law excel at material attacks; these three attributes each have a Great Perfection Ascended Deity, and the three of them have been dueling frequently since countless hundred‑million years ago;

However, even among the Ascended Deities it's hard to determine a winner; after many duels they gradually forgot, yet after a long time each has inevitably improved some signature moves, so meeting again naturally invites a test of strength.

"Fine," Lai Si Te didn't force anything, after all time is infinite.

Xiao En smiled lightly and said, "I guess we won't have to wait; in this plane's contest we will inevitably clash."

Unlike the original where many Great Perfections went to the Okaren Material Plane to seek the Supreme God's relics, today these Great Perfections aim to obtain control of this plane, so a direct contest of victory suffices.

At that moment, from afar, Ke Lai Men Ting laughed and asked, "Xiao En, Bai E, Lai Si Te, how shall we decide this plane's ownership?"

Xiao En laughed, "Either we brawl outright, or we duel one by one to decide, choose one of the two."

In this material plane's contest, he holds an absolute advantage.

"Fine," Ma Ge Nu Si said, "Xiao En, I also wish to spar with you again."

Although he and Huai Ya Te have teamed up many times and still haven't solved Xiao En's soul toxin, as long as he avoids that soul toxin it's fine; previously he was hit because of his carelessness and also because he was struck by a divine beast's innate divine skill; if he's more careful he won't fear it.

And losing last time made him a joke on the Divine Plane, even among the Lord Gods and Great Perfections; nevertheless, even a draw this time could salvage his face.

Xiao En said indifferently, "Fine, if you want to, just come."

"I think we should wait," Ke Lai Men Ting immediately objected, "Perhaps more Great Perfections will arrive; after we duel and decide, wouldn't that cheapen them?"

Bai E also agreed, "I concur; at the Lord God's speed it takes only a few days to send Great Perfections to the material plane. Let's wait a month; after a month we'll see how many Great Perfections are on this plane, then discuss internally how to decide victory."

"Agreed." Xiao En had no objection, and the other Great Perfections also consented.

Among Great Perfections there is mutual respect; challenges are challenges, but they're also about saving face, and this operation is merely to serve the Lord God.

Of course, Great Perfections are proud; even knowing it's hard to determine a winner, the chance to gather makes everyone want to try, and if one is a bit stronger that's also face‑saving.

Most importantly, for countless trillions of years Great Perfections have rarely used full power; such an opportunity is truly rare.

A month later, on the Abiya Material Plane, the Water Divine Plane's teleportation array flashed, and a round‑faced fat man appeared within it;

"Ha ha, Lu Wei Si, so it's you; the Water Sovereign summoned you?" Several figures appeared above the array.

Lu Wei Si looked at everyone and laughed, "Yes, originally I didn't want to get involved, but the Sovereign has appeared three times; not coming would be disrespectful;

However, I underestimated the impact; I didn't expect ten Great Perfections to arrive, apparently all the Great Perfections of heaven and earth are here."

As a Great Perfection one can refuse the Lord God's request, but refusing too often isn't good, especially when the other party is the Sovereign.

"There may be two or three more, some perhaps staying on the material plane, never to be found," Xiao En said.

As a collective of Great Perfections they naturally know whether the suspected Great Perfections on the Divine Plane are genuine; after all time is infinite, a look will reveal it, and any impostor before a true Great Perfection is a joke.

Ke Lai Men Ting continued, "Alright, the month has passed, no more arrivals expected, so let's discuss internally how to decide victory and then determine who claims this plane."

"Let's have a free‑for‑all; that's the most exciting," boomed a 4‑meter‑tall Great Perfection of the Earth Law, covered in vines.

Bai E laughed, "A free‑for‑all may not reveal true strength; otherwise, we could go one by one?"

Ke Lai Men Ting shook his head, "That might not work; Great Perfections have fought before, and often no winner can be decided, so how would we rank up?"

"There's some sense, but a free‑for‑all still doesn't work?" Fire‑type Great Perfection Ba Mo said.

Ke Lai Men Ting then said, "How about we split into camps? The angels can be either Dark or Light; everyone split into two camps, what do you think?"

Bai E said indifferently, "That won't do; you're making the Great Perfections fight for the Lord God's side. As the Light Sovereign's envoy you may, but we cannot."

"Right." Several Water‑type and Fire‑type Great Perfections also nodded in agreement.

In fact, they were summoned by the Sovereign, and their larger purpose is to discover what's happening on this plane; even the Lord Gods behind them have not taken sides of Light or Dark;

The event happened too suddenly; all Lord Gods were bewildered and couldn't decide whom to aid, and they even hoped that no one would obtain this plane, for whether the Dark or Light Divine Plane controls the Abiya plane would mean a potentially huge number of Twelve‑Winged Divine Angels.

At this moment, the sole female, Thunder‑type Great Perfection Ni Ni Sha said, "I have a suggestion: since it's hard to determine a winner, why not first study this plane?"

"What kind of study?" Xiao En looked at Ni Ni Sha and asked;

His strength is indeed the strongest here, but his only comrade is Lai Si Te; if other Great Perfections team up, even if he can't lose, he might not win;

Moreover, unless forced, he shouldn't casually reveal that he's far stronger than the others; it's better to appear only slightly stronger and then dominate the crowd.

Ni Ni Sha said, "The core of the Lord Gods' contest is that this plane can birth souls that can become Twelve‑Winged Divine Angels; even the Lord Gods aren't sure if this is true or merely a coincidence;

If it's just a coincidence, then we ten of us fighting a single battle—whether we can decide a winner aside—if the plane we obtain is of no use, wouldn't our actions be a joke?"

"It's not a joke; at least we've never gathered or fought before, so trying now is fine," the Earth Law Great Perfection laughed heartily.

Ba Mo said, "It's indeed rare, but if we want to gather, there are opportunities; even if we want to spar, we don't need to do it here and make the Lord Gods a laughingstock."

Deep down, Great Perfections are very proud; in their eyes, aside from those few Great Perfection Lord Gods, the others are merely lucky, having been born early to obtain a Lord God status.

If these Great Perfections are the first lifeforms between heaven and earth, then the descent of the Lord God status could also grant a chance to obtain a Lord God seal.

"Right, I agree," Lai Si Te nodded, "Then let's first see whether Twelve‑Winged Divine Angels will still be produced; if not, we all return to the Divine Plane and find a place to spar; if they do, we'll consider how to decide victory."

Bai E frowned and asked, "Twelve‑Winged Divine Angels are hard to birth; how long must we wait? It can't be countless trillions of years, can it?"

Regarding Twelve‑Winged Divine Angels, Great Perfections have mostly seen or know a bit; such angels have power comparable to a Seven‑Star level, but are extremely rare—though their knowledge of the Angel Rebirth Pool is superficial, they know it takes many trillions of years to produce one.

Ke Lai Men Ting said, "According to the information the Lord Gods gave us, three Twelve‑Winged Divine Angels were born in the past million years; let's wait ten million years—if none appear, we all leave, let the Lord Gods send troops to watch this plane, and if more appear later, we'll discuss then."

"Fine." Ba Mo, Ni Ni Sha and others likewise agreed;

For Great Perfections, ten million years or a hundred billion years makes no difference; time is infinite.

"Alright, I agree as well." Xiao En nodded; he also wanted to know what's going on;

Based on the original where nine Great Perfections gathered on the Okaren Plane, such an event hadn't occurred before; thus it's possible the anomaly on this plane is caused by one's own presence? Or perhaps it's the Soul Pearl?

Ke Lai Men Ting laughed, "But there's another issue: when we all search for pure souls we can't discern them with divine perception or eyes; we must sacrifice—do we offer to the Dark Divine Plane or the Light Divine Plane?"

"Whatever, before the sacrifice no one knows the rank," Xiao En said. "Whether Light or Dark Divine Plane, a few more Twelve‑Winged Divine Angels wouldn't matter."

Even hundreds or thousands of angels can affect a plane's decisive battle, but a few of them cannot defeat a single Asura.

"Then that's that." Several Great Perfecteds concurred in succession.

Shawn added, "Then everyone should search for a pure soul on their own; once found, decide for yourselves."

"Ha ha, fine, I'll go first." Bai E's figure flashed and vanished.

The other Great Perfecteds likewise departed, leaving only Leicester behind.

Leicester asked, "Shawn, let the Divine Army handle the search for pure souls; we just wait."

"Mm," Shawn nodded.

Finding a pure soul cannot rely on strong divine perception; it requires probing one by one. Even for Great Perfecteds, this workload is far less efficient than that of a sufficiently large Divine Army.

Ten Great Perfecteds have long stayed in the Abiya Material Plane—some in seclusion, some traveling, some enjoying life;

Eight hundred thousand years later, in the valley where Shawn and Leicester were playing chess, suddenly several strands of Divine Power gathered above the valley, a massive convergence of Destruction, Dark, and Death Divine Power, eventually forming three silhouettes.

"We have met three Sovereigns," Shawn and Leicester bowed and said.

"Shawn, Leicester," the Death Sovereign smiled, "You two have endured this plane for such a long time."

Leicester laughed, "Sovereign, no need for courtesy; time means nothing to us."

For the Great Perfecteds, who possess endless lifespans and are invincible among the divine, there is no difference anywhere; apart from the Divine Rank, nothing between heaven and earth can pique their interest.

"Very well, but from now on, peace may not last," the Death Sovereign laughed again.

"Sovereign, what has happened?" Shawn pressed.

The Death Sovereign said, "Indeed, the Twelve‑winged Angel reincarnation pool of the Dark Divine Plane was activated yesterday, and in this Abiya Material Plane, a Twelve‑winged Dark Divine Angel was just born;

likewise, in the Light Divine Plane, at roughly the same time, a Light Twelve‑winged Divine Angel was born."

"Born again? Or at the same time?" Shawn was somewhat puzzled.

Even the birth of angels is one thing, but how could they be born at the same moment?

The Death Sovereign shook his head, "I am not clear on that; it must be something happening in your Material Plane, so you need to investigate;

the core issue now is that, regardless of cause, this plane seems to have a very high probability of producing pure souls that can form Twelve‑winged Angels. You two must seize this plane and must not let the Light Divine Plane obtain it."

"Very well, I will do my best," Shawn replied, then turned to the Dark Sovereign, "Lord Dark Sovereign, I would like a chance to visit the Dark Divine Plane to see the two newly formed angels."

Given the current situation, he felt it was highly likely linked to the Soul Pearl; he must get close to examine the newly formed angels, perhaps discover something. If the soul power separated from the Soul Pearl caused this, he will still seek a chance to retrieve it.

"Fine. Whether you succeed or not, I can let you go see," the Dark Sovereign, though not understanding why Shawn made the request, saw no loss and naturally granted the courtesy.

After the three Sovereigns departed, Shawn's divine perception immediately spread, contacting all Great Perfecteds: "Everyone, you should all know what happened on the Divine Plane; come to me for a moment, okay?"

"Alright."

Several Great Perfecteds readily agreed, and within a short time, ten gathered together.

"So the two angels were actually a pair of twin siblings; they were separated when the Divine Army's elites fought over them."

After a brief discussion, Shawn finally understood why the Light and Dark Divine Planes simultaneously birthed Twelve‑winged Angels.

The Earth Great Perfected, brimming with battle spirit, said, "The reason these Twelve‑winged Angels formed now is irrelevant; even the Divine does not know. Let's decide how to fight first."

"Then a free‑for‑all?" Shawn said indifferently, "One‑on‑one duels are hard to decide a winner; in a melee, though similar, we can still gauge who is slightly stronger, plus luck, which is also part of strength."

Now, he also needs to seize the entire plane quickly, so he can slowly investigate what's happening.

With his strength, even if the eight present all surrounded him, they could not defeat him; and if that happened, he would already have won.

"Alright." Bai E, Ni Ni Sha and others likewise agreed, with experts on each side watching each other warily, except for a few who were already allies.

"Then let me strike first," Shawn began, and immediately attacked the Earth Great Perfected Hamlin, who had been shouting for a duel.

"Ha ha, Shawn, your soul attack does nothing to me, but you think your material attack can match mine? Too confident," Hamlin laughed, and simultaneously threw a punch.

Before becoming a Great Perfected, he was the Earth Sovereign's envoy, possessed the Soul Main Artifact, and now naturally fears no divine‑level soul attack.

As for physical attack and defense, the Earth Law excels at this; physical attack is no worse than Destruction or Wind, and physical defense is no worse than Water.

Shawn's figure appeared in an instant; a casual palm, imbued with terrifying willpower, struck, yet the weak space of the Material Plane showed no crack.

"Boom~" the palm collided with the fist, "Puff~~" the plane's space was torn open into a several‑hundred‑meter fissure, shooting outward in all directions;

Hamlin's body, like a meteor, was blasted away, crashing into the mountains behind him;

Several other Great Perfecteds, originally ready to act once Shawn moved, also prepared to join, but the scene before them left them stunned;

The Death Rule Great Perfected, in physical attack, easily defeated the Earth Law Great Perfected—how could this be possible?

Even Leicester, allied with Shawn, stared in shock; he too could not comprehend—originally their coordination was his strength in physical attack and Shawn's in soul, yet Shawn's physical attack turned out far stronger than his.

Observed by eight Great Perfecteds, Shawn gave a faint smile and looked down, "Come out, this little attack can't hurt you."

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