Chapter 104: The Dumbfounded Dark Overlord

Abiya Material Plane:

The teleportation array flashed, and Shawn appeared beside it, immediately dispersing the Lord God's power under the control of his will and might, covering the entire plane;

The Underworld's Lord God's army dispatched millions of mid-level deities and high-level deities to continuously search for pure souls on this plane; the sacrificial magic circle lies in the Dark Mountains, where the Dark Overlord's divine avatars are individually watching the offered individuals.

Sensing Shawn's divine consciousness, the Dark Overlord laughed, "Shawn, why not come over for a drink? I've brought the finest varieties of liquor from the Dark Divine Plane."

"Alright, Overlord, hold on a moment," Shawn replied, then swept his divine consciousness toward Leicester, who was flying toward him, and asked, "Leicester? Are you about to leave?"

Leicester transmitted, "Wait a moment, I'll speak when I reach you."

Great Perfection moved at incredible speed on the material plane; in no time, Leicester arrived beside Shawn, and then he surrounded the two with the destructive power of the Lord God, saying, "Shawn, I originally intended to stay on this plane for a while and spar with you, but now the Dark Overlord has arrived, so I won't stay—you know why."

"Understood. Where are you headed next?" Shawn nodded and asked.

Great Perfection generally dislikes staying with the Lord God; one reason is that deep down they disdain such luck‑based beings yet must constantly show respect, and the other is that their strength truly cannot match, so they dislike being with someone who can decide their life or death in an instant;

Although the one on the material plane now is the Lord God's divine avatar, staying together too long could cause conflicts, which would be undesirable; the probability is low, but there's no need to gamble.

Shawn is the same; previously he stayed with the Death Overlord to avoid the Four Divine Beasts.

Leicester said, "I may travel across various material planes; although these places are smaller than the Divine Plane, there are so many of them that they're far more interesting to me than the Divine Plane."

"Haha, yes, I actually quite enjoy staying on the material plane," Shawn smiled.

The beings of the material plane have lifespan limits, leading to huge conflicts of interest; they only get interested in watching the spectacle, and the variety of magical duels is numerous, unlike the Divine Plane, which is very boring—at most there are just tribes and families;

Leicester said, "I'll be going now. If you need to find me later, you can go to Lord Weishige of Bloody City in the Sea of Chaos; he can contact me."

"Alright," Shawn nodded.

Leicester immediately returned to the teleportation array; a flash of light, and he headed to Hell.

Shawn soon arrived at the Dark Mountains and met the Dark Overlord.

The Dark Overlord laughed, "Now the Lord God's army is searching with full force; even the sacrificial magic circles are a bit overwhelmed."

"Can we build a few more of these magic circles?" Shawn asked curiously.

The Dark Overlord shook his head, "No. Only one can be built per material plane; I don't know why, and I can't change it."

"Then we'll just have to wait slowly," Shawn nodded.

The Dark Overlord roared, "Haha, time is infinite; even if a Twelve‑Winged Divine Angel appears once every hundred million years, it's worth it."

"Then I'll cultivate in seclusion here," Shawn added.

In truth, he also didn't want to stay with the Lord God's divine avatars, but to learn about the Twelve‑Winged Angels before they were sacrificed, he could only stay here and wait patiently;

Perhaps they could be detected by Soul Pearls before the sacrifice.

The Dark Overlord smiled, "Alright, I'll have someone build you a palace. I happen to have many time‑killing toys here; if you get bored, you can come find me."

Regarding Great Perfection, no Lord God minds making appropriate acquaintances; just this time, the Dark Overlord had no Great Perfection envoy;

If Shawn's strength hadn't overpowered the other Great Perfections, and he had been beaten by Kelaimenting and Magnus, that colossal luck would have been missed, and his opponent would have become very strong.

"Yes, Overlord," Shawn agreed.

For the next 600,000 years, both remained in the Dark Mountains, and Shawn observed the offered beings one by one;

Suddenly, he sensed the excitement of a Soul Pearl, just like when he previously saw two Twelve‑Winged Divine Angels in the Dark Divine Realm.

"Does this human have the Soul Pearl's soul power?" Shawn and the others took no action, merely observing with their divine consciousness;

He had done this for tens of thousands of years; the Dark Overlord beside him was initially puzzled but now finds it commonplace.

"It appears that much of the soul power of the Soul Pearl, after being wounded by the Supreme God's sword, is in this plane? I estimate that when Feisite and Augusta fought, it was right beside this material plane."

His Lord God avatar is also on the Qingyuan Material Plane; the two avatars can sense each other, so they know this place isn't far from the Qingyuan Material Plane.

"But why does this happen only now? Could it be that after the Soul Pearl absorbed enough willpower, it began affecting these scattered external soul forces?"

All of this is speculation, but Shawn thinks the truth may be just that; otherwise there's no reason for countless billions of years to pass and only now this oddity appears;

It's just that the Dark Overlord's divine avatar is here, so he can't step in to block the sacrifice;

Half a day later, the Dark Overlord's figure appeared before Shawn's house, laughing, "Shawn, success! The Dark Divine Realm has gained another Twelve‑Winged Divine Angel."

"Really? Congratulations, Overlord?" Shawn asked with a smile, "I wonder what this Twelve‑Winged Divine Angel looks like. I've observed many before, trying to study why;

If I could compare, perhaps I could just go out and find such a person directly."

"His appearance is like this," the Dark Overlord said without further thought; as divine power surged, a three‑dimensional humanoid emerged.

All these years, he has been studying this plane and the sacrificed souls, but to no avail; letting Shawn, a Great Perfection adept at soul death rules, research it might have a higher chance of success.

"So it's him," Shawn nodded; the person was the one from before, and he continued, "Overlord, I'm preparing to go out for a walk, personally visit the various cities of this plane, and see if I can find people with special souls."

The peculiarity of the Soul Pearl is that it must be extremely close to be detected, whether it's the previously devoured Lord Artifact, the sensed Supreme Artifact, or the current soul;

This also makes it arduous for him, a Great Perfection, to search; even if he later becomes a Lord God, his divine consciousness covering the Divine Plane would be useless.

"Fine, staying here is indeed boring enough; you go research," the Dark Overlord said courteously;

Staying here has its benefits; Shawn has none, and over time it naturally becomes boring;

After bidding farewell to the Dark Overlord, Shawn proceeded to several major cities of the Abiya Material Plane, staying within the cities and using the Soul Pearl's detection to search for corresponding souls;

A million years later, Shawn successfully found one and directly reclaimed the soul power from them;

In an instant, the "wound" on the Soul Pearl inside his body healed slightly, but the mortal instantly disintegrated into soul and vapor;

"Seems we have to kill those angels," Shawn thought, "If those angels are killed elsewhere, I wonder what would happen?"

Under normal circumstances, Twelve‑Winged Angels of the Seven‑Star Demon strength are not easily slain, because the Dark and Light Overlords normally would not dispatch them.

However, the next planar war will be the Underworld's ten‑victory streak battle, and angels from both sides are highly likely to participate, making the risk of their fall extremely high;

But now I am already a Lord God, unable to directly take part in the planar war.

"Forget it, let's first find this plane's ones," Shawn thought, knowing that killing angels under the Overlord's watch would be hard even for his own divine avatar;

Especially since angels are tied to the planar war, affecting the three major rule Overlords beyond the Life Overlord; without a valid reason, it's hard to act.

For now, consider this plane first;

On the material plane, even though Great Perfection moves extremely fast, his efficiency in finding people still can't match the countless soldiers of the Lord God's army; in this million years, the Dark Divine Plane gained two more angels.

Thus, 2.5 million years later, Xiao En once again found a target and reclaimed its soul.

"I reclaimed three; the Light Sovereign has three Light Angels, the Dark Sovereign has six, so that means only one remains."

With the target clear, it was easy to speak; Xiao En's figure continued to search the plane, and the other Divine Soldiers did the same, scouring everywhere for pure souls and then sending them to the Dark Mountain Range for sacrifice;

But after ten million years, neither Xiao En nor the Dark Divine Realm showed any sign, and this anomaly made Xiao En feel uneasy, so he rushed to the Heavenly Sacrifice Mountain Range.

"Xiao En, have you made any discoveries?" the Dark Sovereign asked.

Xiao En shook his head: "No, the people I sent are no different from the other Divine Soldiers."

During these ten million‑plus years, Xiao En occasionally sent over some pure‑soul individuals, pretending he was conducting research.

The Dark Sovereign frowned: "It's a bit odd; after ten million years, not even a Ten‑Winged Angel has been born, let alone a Twelve‑Winged Angel. It seems this plane has undergone some change."

"Could it be that that's all there is?" Xiao En deliberately "reminded."

The Dark Sovereign thought for a moment: "I don't know; we can't see it. Let's wait a bit longer and see. If still none, then it may be true."

"Alright, I'll keep looking," Xiao En said, adding nothing more.

Another twenty million years passed, and Xiao En once again came to the Dark Sovereign's side;

The Dark Sovereign sighed: "No signs any longer; this plane seems like a normal one now. It appears I've overthought it. At this level, pure souls used to appear only once every countless trillions of years, previously once every few hundred thousand years—truly unsustainable."

Across countless material planes and countless trillions of years, only a few thousand Twelve‑Winged Angels emerged, and that was the total from both the Light and Dark divine planes;

The previous miracle was indeed absurd—a single plane produced such a large number.

"It's a pity we don't understand what's happening; otherwise it would give us a research direction," Xiao En said deliberately.

"Perhaps this is also the Supreme God's secret; the birth of souls is governed by the laws of heaven and earth, and even we Divine cannot comprehend it," the Dark Sovereign said with a laugh, shaking his head: "Xiao En, there's been no activity here for so long; I'm preparing to return to the Dark Divine Realm."

Xiao En replied: "I'm also preparing to return to the divine plane; I'll leave this to the Divine Army to continue seeking pure souls. If a Twelve‑Winged Angel is born in the future, I'll come back to see."

Because of this, he has already delayed over thirty million years; now only one soul remains. He has traversed this plane countless times, and even with so many Divine Soldiers unable to find it, either it never appeared or it is no longer in this material plane.

"Alright, then let's go together," the Dark Sovereign said, somewhat regretfully.

He originally thought he could obtain enough angels, which would either put other Sovereigns in his debt or allow his own plane to achieve ten consecutive victories, both very possible;

But he didn't expect that after only six angels, they'd be gone; such a small number is practically useless.

Heavenly Realm:

With a smile, Augusta flew to Ao Fu's residence in the Holy Cloud Mountain Range, glanced at the surrounding Divine beings without concern, and laughed: "Lord Ao Fu, the Abiya Material Plane stopped producing Twelve‑Winged Angels thirty million years ago;

It is said that Xiao En and Erui Bos have studied it for a long time with no clues; it seems this plane has become ordinary as well."

"Now that's good news," Ao Fu said cheerfully, "It's just that we don't understand why this plane became so special."

Augusta laughed: "Probably this is the work of the Supreme God; such matters are beyond our research."

Ao Fu sighed: "Whatever the cause, it appeared today; will it appear again later? If it does, will more angels be produced? If the Dark Divine Plane regains control, what will we do? In the Great Perfection, Xiao En is almost invincible."

"That's true," Augusta frowned, "But the Nether Realm is about to enter its tenth plane war; if what you say truly happens, it will be quite troublesome. I'm more worried whether Xiao En will intervene in the plane war—if he does, it could guarantee a win for a channel."

"That's uncertain; he probably knows the risk of a ten‑win streak, and without a soul‑defending primary artifact, he may not act," Ao Fu laughed, "We'll discuss it when the time comes; it's still early."

"Hmm, that's all we can do," Augusta nodded.

Nether Realm:

Xiao En had just stepped out of the Nether Sea Teleport Array when he sensed a gathering of Death Sovereign's power nearby, which formed into a humanoid shape in a moment.

"I have met the Sovereign," Xiao En bowed and said.

The Death Sovereign sighed: "I am aware of the Abiya Material Plane situation; it seems we can't rely on Dark Divine Angels any longer. How have you considered the plane battlefield matter?"

"I'll still go to Nether Mountain to discuss further with you," Xiao En paused and said.

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