Chapter 107: The Challenge of the Wind‑Element Great Perfection

As a Great Perfection, after Shawn's spiritual sense probed, Bai E, who had just been chatting merrily with Ai Ken, instantly changed expression, then released Primordial God's power imbued with willpower potency, probed Shawn, and surprisedly transmitted: "Shawn, Lei Si Jing? Why have you two come here?"

Although Lei Si Jing is a descendant of the Primordial God, Bai E doesn't care at all, but Shawn is different; back then Shawn easily defeated the soul‑specialist Magnus, so facing Bai E wouldn't be difficult either.

Shawn transmitted with a smile: "No problem, we're here to find Ai Ken; I didn't expect you'd be here."

Regarding the Great Perfections of the world, Shawn still shows respect; even if they're not his opponents, the extra willpower potency he gains from his Primordial God stature, not counting soul beads, makes his strength roughly comparable to theirs.

Beside him, Ai Ken also sensed Bai E's anomaly, then the Three-Path Soul Mutation's soul power spread out, but found no one, and asked: "Bai E, what's wrong?"

The Three-Path Mutated Soul Power is mighty, its spiritual sense reaches a hundred thousand meters—hundreds of times that of an ordinary Asura—but compared to a Great Perfection it's far weaker; the latter controls Primordial God's power combined with willpower potency, giving a far larger probing range.

"Lei Si Jing is here, and there's also a Great Perfection nearby," Bai E said with a smile after realizing Shawn harbors no ill intent.

Ai Ken exclaimed in surprise: "Great Perfection? Which one?"

Even though he's a Three-Path Mutant, compared to a Great Perfection his status and strength are far behind; any Great Perfection could kill him with ease.

He gets along better with Bai E because, in ancient times before Bai E became a Great Perfection, the two forged a deep friendship; otherwise they wouldn't sit together so easily.

Bai E laughed: "The world's recognized strongest Great Perfection."

"Strongest? Is it Mr. Shawn?" Ai Ken said, shocked.

Great Perfections were once invincible; even Peak Asuras couldn't tell who was stronger between them. Yet tens of millions of years ago, when many Great Perfections gathered, Shawn overpowered the Earth Great Perfection, exiled Magnus again, causing the other Great Perfections to refrain from acting, and he became famous from that battle.

After a short while, Lei Si Jing's voice came: "Haha, Ai Ken, it's been billions of years."

A flash of void light ahead revealed two men: one with black eyes and black hair, smiling—indeed the recently born Death Rule Great Perfection of the world; the other short, clad in purple armor, his face childlike, who, upon seeing Bai E, bowed and said, "I've met you, Mr. Bai E."

Even descendants of the Primordial God must bow when they see a Great Perfection.

"Hmm," Bai E nodded at Lei Si Jing; as the Primordial God's son and Shawn's friend, he naturally gave him some respect, then turned to Shawn and asked with a smile, "Shawn, what business do you have with Ai Ken?"

At that moment Ai Ken also bowed and said, "I've met you, Mr. Shawn."

Knowing a Great Perfection makes one aware of the gap; a Three-Path Soul Mutant has no defense before a Great Perfection unless the latter refrains from using Primordial God's power and one employs Three-Path Fusion Divine Power, then a slight resistance is possible.

Yet Primordial God's power is commonplace for Peak Asuras, let alone Great Perfections.

Shawn smiled lightly: "This is a matter between Ai Ken and me; may we discuss it privately?"

After hearing, Bai E nodded: "Fair enough, I won't disturb you."

Then he instantly transmitted with his spiritual sense: "Ai Ken, consider Shawn's request carefully; if you can fulfill it, help him, it's better to let him owe you a favor;

but if the request is excessive, refusing is fine; after all, you have three Primordial Artifacts, he can't force you."

"Don't worry, I understand," Ai Ken transmitted with a smile: "Since Lei Si Jing brought him, he's certainly not an enemy; even if I refuse his request, given his status as the top Great Perfection under the Primordial God, he can't make things difficult for me."

Possessing the three-piece Primordial Artifact set is also the key reason Ai Ken can be the foremost under the Zijing Primordial God; thanks to his ties with the Hell Primordial God, even if exiled he can be rescued.

Bai E transmitted: "That may be so, but no one knows Shawn's temperament yet; better be cautious."

Ai Ken said: "Alright."

Bai E instantly flickered away, retreating; seeing this, Lei Si Jing naturally smiled: "Shawn, Ai Ken, I'm stepping out too; once you finish, the few of us will have a good drink, my treat."

Hosting a banquet for two Great Perfections is something ordinary Primordial Gods can't manage; for Lei Si Jing, it's a rare opportunity.

"Sure," Shawn smiled and agreed.

After everyone left, Shawn wielded Primordial God's power to encircle Ai Ken and himself, then transmitted: "Ai Ken, I need you to forge some soul‑defense artifacts."

"Sure enough, that's why a Great Perfection came to me," Ai Ken asked with a smile: "How many? I can give them to you directly."

In this world, some things the Primordial God may not achieve, but Great Perfections can; this group is arguably the pinnacle among deities, even the Primordial Artifacts are of little interest to them;

However, the soul‑defense artifacts or other relics forged by Three-Path Mutants sit between Primordial Artifacts and ordinary artifacts; some top masters disregard them, yet they are useful to their families and friends.

Shawn solemnly said: "It could be a few hundred, maybe a few thousand pieces."

"What? That many?" Ai Ken's expression shifted slightly, as if he understood something, and he transmitted: "Mr. Shawn, you're requesting this on behalf of the Underworld Primordial God, aren't you?"

Shawn retorted: "Why would you think that?"

Ai Ken explained: "In this world, many high-level practitioners request soul‑defense artifacts from me, including some Primordial God families, but the quantities aren't large;

Only once did the Zijing Primordial God himself intervene, asking me to forge a massive number of soul‑defense artifacts; I didn't understand why then, but I still forged them for the Primordial God;

Later I learned these artifacts were deployed on a planar battlefield; Hell had apparently achieved nine consecutive victories before, and the tenth fought desperately to win, yet even with my soul artifacts, the Hell side still lost.

The last planar war of the Underworld was the ninth victory; now that a peak Great Perfection like you comes to me, I naturally guessed.

"I see, you're right," Shawn readily admitted.

Even someone like Lei Si Jing, a second‑generation Primordial God, doesn't know the secret of the willpower potency reward, but the Primordial God's actions during the ten‑victory grand battle—such as granting Primordial God's power to soldiers—cannot be hidden from so many Asuras; they know the Primordial Gods placed great importance on that final decisive battle, though they don't know why.

Ai Ken's specialty is that he can forge Three-Path soul‑defense artifacts slightly stronger than ordinary artifacts; while they may not sway the battlefield outcome, they can add a slight edge when multiple Primordial Gods clash, which is beneficial.

Ai Ken's expression showed some hesitation; after a moment he said: "Mr. Shawn, this involves disputes among Primordial Gods, I dare not intervene, as you know, I only learned the risks after that previous incident;

and I also don't know the Hell Primordial God's stance; if I aid the Underworld, that would be problematic."

Offending a Great Perfection means even if exiled, the Zijing Primordial God could rescue him; but getting tangled in countless Primordial God disputes could let any of them kill him;

For someone who already has the three-piece Primordial Artifact set and doesn't lack Primordial God's power, what benefit could the Underworld Primordial God offer him for joining such a matter?

"The Hell Primordial God likely won't intervene, rest assured," Shawn added. "If you agree to this, I'll owe you a favor."

Earlier he had a long discussion with the Death Sovereign and essentially confirmed that Hell's stance on this matter is non‑intervention: they won't become enemies but also won't help.

This occurs on many divine planes; many Sovereigns have private ties, and when a potential ten‑victory scenario arises, they usually tacitly stay out of it—simply not becoming enemies is already a great help.

Only Ao Gu Si Ta, the Light Sovereign, remains steadfast in helping Ao Fu grow stronger, even offering the Twelve‑Winged Divine Angel to the Heavens without needing it himself; many Primordial Gods don't understand.

As for the favor to Ai Ken, the Death Sovereign also promised; this favor is a proxy—when Ai Ken truly needs it, he'll summon the Death Sovereign to fulfill Ai Ken's request, unless only a Great Perfection can do it, then they'll discuss.

Ai Ken thought for a moment, then said: "Sorry, Mr. Shawn, I don't want to get involved in Primordial God disputes."

"No need to reply hastily; there's ten trillion years," Shawn wasn't in a hurry. "Take it seriously and consider it."

In such matters, if he weren't the Death Primordial God, he wouldn't want to join; there's no benefit but great risk;

Any smart Ai Ken wouldn't dare participate, but that's fine; he has a backup plan—if it fails, he'll find another Death‑Rule Three-Path Mutant, become his teacher, and merely elevate that one's mysterious profound cultivation to Asura level in name, allowing him to forge a batch of soul‑defense artifacts and have a plausible source.

Even if he deceives other Primordial Gods, it must be done convincingly, which consumes much time and effort.

"Fine." Ai Ken didn't completely shut down the conversation; he still gave face to the Great Perfection.

The two quickly finished their discussion and went out to meet Lei Si Jing and Bai Ye, who were waiting outside.

Bai Ye sent a mental message asking: "Aiken, what does Shawn want with you?"

"Anything involving the Sovereign, you'd better not ask; it's troublesome." Aiken replied via mental message: "I didn't agree, because I don't want to get involved in the Sovereigns' dispute."

"Alright, I won't ask." Bai Ye also understood that involving a Sovereign, it's better for a Paragon to stay out of it.

Lei Si Jing, however, laughed and said: "Shawn, Aiken, let's go; I've already prepared a lavish lunch, let's eat and chat."

"Okay." Shawn nodded;

Immediately the four sat down together, enjoying the food Lei Si Jing provided, and chatted casually;

These four—two Paragons, a second-generation Sovereign, and a triple-system soul mutant—can be considered peak figures of the Divine Plane.

By mid-afternoon, their relations had improved considerably, and Bai Ye suddenly said to Shawn: "Shawn, I'd like to spar with you once."

"Spar with me?" Shawn asked, somewhat surprised.

Lei Si Jing and Aiken were also startled: "Good heavens, a clash between two Paragons— the odds of encountering such a thing in the Divine Plane are practically zero."

One knows that such beings rarely meet each other; even if they do clash, they wouldn't do so casually in front of others.

Bai Ye nodded and said: "Exactly, the last time in the Material Plane, we never actually exchanged blows; you directly defeated Hamlin and Magnus, winning over the other Paragons."

Shawn then smiled and asked: "Do you have confidence?"

As he knew, Bai Ye possessed only a wind-system attacking Sovereign artifact; with absolute speed and material attack combined with the Sovereign artifact, its material attack is absolutely the strongest among Paragons—other Destruction and Earth-law Paragons may surpass in material attack but not in speed, and speed is also part of strength.

But lacking a soul-defending Sovereign artifact, encountering Shawn's soul poison would be purely self-inflicted suffering; this is also why, in the Material Plane, Shawn awed the other Paragons.

Not to mention Paragons, even among Asuras, very few choose a soul-defending divine artifact, unless it's their second or third piece.

Bai Ye laughed: "Facing your soul attack, I naturally have no chance; even a Fate Paragon skilled in soul couldn't block it, let alone me;

I want to challenge you in material attack this time; your earlier single material strike that defeated Hamlin shocked me greatly, and over the past tens of millions of years I have researched material attack, finally devising a secret technique, so I want to match it against yours."

"Isn't that unfair? You, a wind-system, comparing material attack with my death-system, and not letting me use soul attack?" Shawn retorted with a laugh.

Bai Ye furrowed his brows slightly and said: "It's unfair, but I really want to try; how about this: regardless of win or lose, I'll owe you a favor, how about that?"

"That works." Shawn nodded and said: "But if I still win, you must tell me the material attack you researched."

A favor from a Paragon is still useful, though the secret technique a Paragon researches would stir any Sovereign's heart, especially since he himself is relatively weak in material aspects—any improvement is good.

"Haha, fine, but my secret technique is based on wind-system law; even if you know the principle, you couldn't execute it." Bai Ye laughed heartily.

Shawn nodded and said: "No problem, then let's do it."

Secret techniques like this are hard to transmit even in the Panlong world; many are fused with one's own profound understanding, so even if truly taught to others, they may not be able to learn it.

However, knowing a bit more might possibly bring some benefit.

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