Chapter 113: The Deathly Silence of the Material Plane

"Another material plane?" Among the many Sovereigns, the Wind‑type Sovereign Diya furrowed his brows;

Bai E was his Primordial God's envoy, and their relationship was fairly good; regarding Shawn's might, Bai E knew best, and thus naturally informed the Wind‑type Sovereign, stating plainly that no single Great Perfection could match Shawn, and even multiple joining forces would have little chance of victory;

The biggest problem was Shawn's soul poison: without a soul‑defense Primordial Artifact, no other Great Perfection could withstand it, and Shawn's speed and material attacks even surpassed Bai E's, so how could they fight?;

The other Sovereigns also read the meaning behind the Death Sovereign's smile and furrowed their brows one by one.

The Primordial God Pact stipulated that if a dispute among Primordial Gods involved a material plane, one's own God‑avatar could not act and could only delegate a God‑rank subordinate, to prevent an escalation that might trigger a battle between the Primordial Gods themselves and to protect those without avatars.

It was a compromise born of game theory; during the War of Faith the Primordial God agreement was still imperfect, multiple God‑avatars clashed on a material plane, causing the avatars themselves to become involved, leading several Primordial Gods to fall, and with several Sovereigns and many Primordial Gods lacking avatars, a new pact was forcibly advanced.

In previous years the competition centered on Great Perfections; the Sovereigns were roughly equal, and except for the Dark Sovereign and the Death Sovereign, who lacked Great Perfection envoys, the other nine each had one. Unexpectedly, the Death Sovereign now possessed a Great Perfection envoy, the strongest between heaven and earth.

Bound by the Primordial God agreement, the Sovereigns could say little; the reason was insufficient—one could not restrict the Death Sovereign's envoy merely because it was stronger, a justification that could not hold.

Ao Fu also furrowed his brows; he hadn't expected a material plane to be involved, so he said, "Then everyone should follow the old rules and dispatch their own strongest subordinates as they see fit."

After speaking, his figure vanished; Augusta's expression also soured, a flash of white light enveloped her, and she disappeared as well.

The other Sovereigns acted similarly; even knowing their Great Perfections couldn't defeat Shawn, sheer numbers might still unite to suppress him, and once they obtained the treasure they could tear open space directly. No matter how strong Shawn was, he couldn't chase other Great Perfections through spatial turbulence; his only strength was exile, and a self‑exiled Great Perfection could do nothing to him.

Soon, only the Destruction Sovereign and the Death Sovereign remained in the palace;

Utrede laughed, "Lilith, with the material plane involved, it seems another chance for you."

The Death Sovereign smiled faintly, "This time it's not about contesting control of the plane; whoever obtains the treasure first wins. Even if Shawn is stronger, victory isn't guaranteed in this regard."

"The odds will always be a bit higher," Utrede's figure gradually faded.

Netherworld, Nether Mountain;

Shawn was discussing the rules of death with Dannington and Mank, occasionally sparring with each other.

Suddenly his expression changed, and he said, "Dannington, Mank, I'm going up to Nether Mountain; you continue your research."

"Alright," Dannington and Mank nodded; they also knew Shawn was the Great Death Sovereign's Primordial God envoy.

A short while later, at the Primordial God palace atop Nether Mountain, Shawn entered and saw the Death Sovereign standing before the palace, bowed, and said, "I have seen you, Sovereign."

The Death Sovereign, upon seeing Shawn, smiled and said, "Shawn, there's something I need you to handle. Like last time, we must go to a material plane, and other Great Perfections will also be involved."

"Other Great Perfections? Could it be that multiple Twelve‑Winged Divine Angels have appeared again?" Shawn asked, startled.

His soul beads still have six soul fragments unrecovered: three on angels in the Light God plane, two on angels in the Dark God plane, and one whose whereabouts are unknown in the Abiya Material Plane, which he has searched the heavens and earth for without success.

If the final soul fragment were to appear, it would be just one, which logically shouldn't alarm so many Sovereigns and Great Perfections.

"As you know, the Destruction Supreme God mission is underway, and the Demon Hell Staff is suspected to have manifested," the Death Sovereign apparently informed Shawn;

Since they needed Shawn to step forward and vie for the Supreme God Relic, they naturally had to explain the situation. In any case, the Relic is of little use to Great Perfections, and the Sovereigns weren't worried about it being stolen. Moreover, even if the Supreme God mission is valuable, this is only one of three relics, and the chance of a Great Perfection completing the task is virtually zero.

Shawn nodded after listening and said, "So that's the situation."

In fact, during this period he had dispatched many soul‑seed subordinates to gather information worldwide, searching for the suspected Supreme God Relic, but found no reliable leads, whereas the Primordial Gods had located it;

Clearly, his own God‑avatar plus powerful soul‑seed abilities were far inferior to the Primordial Gods in resources.

The Death Sovereign laughed, "This material plane naturally requires you Great Perfections to act, and you are the strongest; I hope you can help me obtain the Supreme God Relic this time;

As a reward, I'll first give you 100,000 drops of Death Sovereign's power; if you succeed, I'll owe you a favor."

She also knew that Primordial God power meant little to Shawn, and a favor was indeed valuable, but now she'd owe him two.

Shawn thought for a moment and said, "Fine, I'll go."

Since it involves the Supreme God Relic, I'll go first; if I can keep it for myself I will, otherwise I'll hand it to the Death Sovereign, because not going would mean losing control.

If it ends up in the Death Sovereign's hands, I might still have a chance to negotiate, perhaps offering my own Supreme God Relic in exchange for sufficiently valuable treasure or other matters; but if another Rule Sovereign obtains it, I'll have no chance at all.

My current predicament resembles Lin Lei's in the original work, but the difference is that other Great Perfections recognize my threat; once anyone obtains the Supreme God Relic they will jump into the spatial turbulence without hesitation, leaving me powerless.

This material‑plane mission is far more difficult than the Okarun material plane in the original.

The Death Sovereign laughed, "Alright, I'll have the Primordial God proper send you to the Wraith Holy Mountain teleportation array; the other Sovereigns will likely do the same, so you all should arrive at the material plane almost simultaneously."

After speaking, a surge of Primordial God power coalesced, enveloped Shawn, and vanished; in less than a dozen minutes they arrived at the Wraith Holy Mountain teleportation array.

Weierfa Material Plane:

A flash of light from the Netherworld's teleportation array illuminated the area; Shawn and over a hundred high‑rank Primordial God soldiers appeared within, and everyone stepped aside to make room for the next wave of Primordial God troops.

Shawn's divine perception remained focused, and he noticed several Great Perfections nearby: Bamer, Ninisha, Huaiyat, and Kleimenting.

"Shawn, you're here," Kleimenting said with a smile.

Shawn asked curiously, "Did the four of you just arrive? Why gather here together?"

Ninisha smiled lightly, "Your divine perception will tell you about this plane."

"Hmm," Shawn replied, then used his will‑power to command Primordial God power, instantly covering roughly 150 million li of the material plane, but his expression changed as he said, "Why are there no living beings on this plane, all dead? Did you do this?"

"How could we have done such a thing?" Bamer shook his head, "When we arrived it was already like this, and we investigated several locations; it's clearly the work of a Destruction‑rule master, and it likely happened many years ago."

"Many years ago? Then it must have been that high‑rank god wielding the Supreme God Relic," Shawn said, shocked, "But how did he manage to slaughter all life on the plane?"

Although Shawn has roamed the divine planes for hundreds of millions of years, killing displeasing beings on a whim, compassion has no place in the divine realms;

But generally he does not slaughter; even when he does, it's to forge soul poison or soul‑gold pearls, and the number of slain beings is limited—not enough to eradicate an entire material plane; that would be sheer madness.

Moreover, even a high‑rank god would find it hard to slaughter billions of li of life; the act of killing alone would become weary.

Huaiyat said, "It's probably the influence of the Supreme God Relic; the Destruction attribute itself causes killing, and some Destruction‑rule masters slaughter life to increase their evil qi."

"That's possible," Shawn recalled how he had nearly been affected before; an ordinary high‑rank god couldn't control it, and he added, "Now this plane is empty, and the kid wielding the Supreme God Relic has probably left. What should we do?"

"We should wait until the other Great Perfections arrive and negotiate together," Kleimenting nodded.

The other Great Perfections concurred; they too wanted to come and spar with the others, and even the strongest Shawn was not entirely unchallenged, since seizing the Supreme God Relic isn't a duel and luck also plays a big role.

"Fine," Shawn agreed, then looked at Kleimenting and asked, "What about Magnus? He should have been rescued by the Primordial Gods, right?"

Kleimenting and Huaiyat's expressions shifted slightly, and Huaiyat said, "Magnus was rescued, but the soul poison within him isn't fully cleared, so he can't come this time."

Even if it were cured, he likely wouldn't come this time; another attempt would probably result in exile, making him essentially a "professional of spatial turbulence."

The other Great Perfections' gazes toward Shawn grew cautious; even the Fate Great Perfection struggles to detoxify, so they too find Shawn overwhelmingly strong.

Shawn gave a slight nod and said nothing further.

The soul attack laced with the venom of the Nether Scorpion dealt far greater damage to Great Perfection than before, and Magnus truly had a string of misfortunes.

Within the spatial turbulence surrounding the Four Supreme Planes and the Seven Divine Planes, the eleven strongest overlords between Heaven and Earth hovered suspended, and the endless turbulence was easily blocked around them.

"All dead?" Fate Overlord Ao Fu said after receiving the news, his brows slightly furrowed: "A Supreme God Relic, and it caused such massive slaughter?"

"A Destruction‑type treasure must be possessed by the capable; if one's strength is insufficient, it will instead dominate them, forcing a return to the instinct of the Destruction Rule." the Destruction Overlord said indifferently.

Wind Overlord Di Ya frowned and said, "It's impossible that not a single soul escaped the entire Material Plane, right? Even if Great Perfection intervened, on such a vast plane no one could be killed without at least one reaching the Divine Plane."

Light Overlord Augustus replied, "It's not that it's impossible; if we first seal the teleportation array, no matter how many remain, they're merely lambs awaiting slaughter;"

"But it's not certain none exist; some may have fled through the array to the Divine Plane, and no one would notice, as countless beings use the array to reach the Divine Plane every moment, and our Supreme Deities cannot monitor such matters."

"If it occurred many ten‑thousands of years ago, it would be hard to investigate; the visitors could be from a Sanctuary or a Lesser God, and the array's soldiers wouldn't care," the Fire Overlord said.

Life Overlord Weiwei Ya suddenly asked, "Which Divine Plane governs this plane? The Plane Guardian should also have a Divine Avatar."

"Indeed." The other overlords instantly realized that Plane Guardians all possess Divine Avatars; this is a rule of all Supreme Deity armies to facilitate communication.

And any slaughter, even by a Supreme Deity, cannot affect the victim's Divine Avatar in other planes.

Immediately, each overlord contacted their subordinates to inquire about this plane's information; in no time, everyone's gaze turned to the Dark Overlord behind them: Erebus.

Erebus's face broke into a strange grin as he said, "Ha ha, I never expected this plane to be mine."

Among the eleven overlords present, ten had Great Perfection envoys; only he lacked one, meaning any overlord could obtain a Supreme God Relic, except him, who was absolutely impossible;

Yet they hadn't expected this plane to actually belong to him.

Light Overlord Augustus sneered, "Erebus, you don't intend to hoard this secret for yourself, do you?"

Erebus's smile froze; seeing all the overlords staring at him, he realized he couldn't monopolize it, and said, "Then you all go together; I've already ordered my subordinates to locate that Plane Guardian."

"Fine," Ao Fu said with a cheerful grin.

The numerous overlords simultaneously descended upon the Illusion Night Continent of the Dark Divine Plane, entering a black palace; shortly after, a Higher God entered, knelt before the Dark Overlord, and said, "Overlord, the guardian of the Weirfa Material Plane you seek, I have investigated: this individual went mad sixty thousand years ago."

"What? Went mad?" the Dark Overlord and the other overlords were all stunned.

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