Chapter 115: The Function of the Heart of the Underworld

Xiao En's soul power instantly entered the mind of the mid‑rank god below.

A strange destructive baleful aura suddenly blocked Xiao En's soul power; the aura startled him, for it resembled the obsidian spear he wielded.

"That person indeed holds the Supreme God Relic," Xiao En thought with great joy as his divine sense continued to permeate.

However, no matter how he tried, his soul power could not pierce the baleful aura; forcing it might succeed, but the host could die instantly.

Immediately, Xiao En employed the power of a soul bead to destroy the lingering baleful aura of the Supreme God Relic; upon contacting the soul bead's power, the aura began to dissipate, and a strand of Xiao En's soul power seeped in, yet it did not query any memory and simply withdrew.

Seeing Xiao En's soul power retreat, the Destruction Sovereign asked, "How is it? Could you query his memory?"

Xiao En shook his head and said, "No, I didn't succeed either."

"Make the Supreme God oath then?" Water Sovereign Inas said indifferently.

Xiao En glanced at Inas, then at the other Sovereigns, and said, "I swear in the name of the Death Supreme God; I did not retrieve the lower person's memory just now, and if I deceive, I willingly let my soul scatter."

The other Sovereigns, seeing Xiao En's oath, immediately dropped their doubts; Fate Sovereign Ao Fu chuckled, "Xiao En, thank you for your effort. Here are 100,000 drops of Fate Divine Power; we will keep our promise;

Also, please understand that this matter involves a contest among the Sovereigns, and if you truly keep it secret, it may not be beneficial to you."

"Understood." Xiao En smiled faintly and nodded.

The Sovereigns are not fools, so they naturally would not believe the Death Sovereign's grand perfection; likewise, any of them might think the same if they were in his place.

But thinking that way is one thing; acting is another. Being forced by the Water Sovereign to make the Supreme God oath still irritated him, and he will surely deal with the Water Sovereign when the chance arises.

Destruction Sovereign Wu Tereide also used Divine Power to control a spatial ring, saying, "Xiao En, this is 100,000 drops of Destruction Divine Power."

The other Sovereigns consecutively granted Divine Power of their respective elements; for them, Divine Power is abundant, but they deliberately limit its scarcity to facilitate control of the divine planes.

Xiao En also received each Sovereign's Divine Power one by one; he has become numb to collecting such things, and even without being a Divine, his own Divine Power is already vast.

Wind Sovereign Di Ya said, "What shall we do with this person?"

The other Sovereigns immediately responded; although they cannot now query this person's memory or interrogate him, as long as he lives, future opportunities may arise, however slim, which is far better than none.

Darkness Sovereign laughed, "This person is already my subordinate, so he belongs to me. Everyone, if you wish to investigate information, I have already consented. Since we cannot retrieve it now, you can't still take the person away, can you?"

Moreover, if we did hand him over, who would take him? Must the Sovereigns fight each other first?"

Fate Sovereign Ao Fu also nodded, "Erui Bos makes a valid point. Fighting over a genuine relic is one thing, but now we have no clue; waging a Sovereign war over a mid‑rank god who can hardly revive is meaningless."

"I agree as well," Life Sovereign Weiweiya added.

After telepathic consultation, the other Sovereigns also expressed agreement; acting for such a slim possibility is not worth it, and if one were to fall, the mid‑rank and lower‑rank Gods would mock them in secret.

Destruction Sovereign Wu Tereide said, "Then let it be; perhaps the next Hellfire Rod will appear soon."

"Haha, I'll leave now," Thunder Sovereign Hu Er Lei said, and his voice faded as his figure vanished.

The other Sovereigns departed one by one; for them, waiting for the Hellfire Rod to reappear carries a higher chance and lower risk—after all, whoever obtains it first, as long as others remain unaware, it is absolutely safe.

Soon, only Xiao En, the Death Sovereign, the Darkness Sovereign, and the madman below remained.

Darkness Sovereign looked at the Death Sovereign and asked, "Lord, what should we do?"

"We can only rely on luck," the Death Sovereign sighed, "who obtains the Supreme God Relic depends more on fortune than strength."

Darkness Sovereign turned again to the person below and asked, "What about this person?"

The Death Sovereign thought for a moment and said, "Xiao En, do you think that with enough time there is hope to query his memory?"

Waiting for the Supreme God Relic is one thing, but no one knows when it will appear; as long as there is a sliver of hope here, they will not give up, and it does not affect anything.

Xiao En replied, "I'm not sure; perhaps after some time the baleful aura deep in his soul will gradually fade."

The Death Sovereign nodded, "Erui Bos, perhaps you can obtain this good fortune."

Darkness Sovereign laughed, "Lord, you flatter me. Even if successful, it is merely a relic of the Supreme God's task, and completion is still far away."

The Death Sovereign said calmly, "If you think you cannot complete it but obtain the relic, you may give it to me; I'll owe you a favor."

"Then let's discuss it after success," Darkness Sovereign laughed.

Xiao En listened silently, saying nothing; to obtain possible information, he had previously left a trace of soul‑bead power in the mad mid‑rank god's soul, and this power would gradually affect the baleful aura left by the Supreme God Relic;

Thus, after time passes, the Darkness Sovereign should notice, but he still cannot query the memory because this person's soul was soul‑seeded by him, sealing off others' ability to query; any other powerful Death rule practitioner who forcibly soul‑seeds a confused soul would instantly destroy that person's soul.

Had he not been forced by multiple Sovereigns to utter the Supreme God oath, he could have directly probed the counterpart's memory; now he must wait for the Darkness Sovereign to discover it and then request his assistance again.

However, the Darkness Sovereign is no fool; the exact future actions will depend on the situation.

Playing word games among so many Sovereigns indeed requires caution, even if his mid‑rank divine avatar appears.

The Death Sovereign was unbothered, looked at Xiao En and said, "Xiao En, let's return to the Underworld."

"Yes, Sovereign." Xiao En nodded.

A surge of Death Divine Power enveloped Xiao En; the space tore open, and the two passed through a spatial turbulence, arriving directly in the Underworld and rushing to the summit of the Ghostly Mountain.

"Haha, Xiao En, there's one more thing I'd like you to do," the Death Sovereign roared with laughter.

Xiao En asked curiously, "Sovereign, what is it?"

"Naturally it is to seek the souls on the Wilfa Material Plane, but not the plane's guardians—rather other souls," the Death Sovereign said with a faint smile.

Xiao En's face paled, then he recalled a treasure and asked, "Sovereign, are you planning to use the Heart of the Underworld to locate the souls that entered this plane from the Underworld?"

One of the Pan‑Dragon Universe's cosmic laws is that when masters in the Sanctum and below die, their souls are drawn straight to the Underworld, and the Underworld's supreme treasure, the Heart of the Underworld, can directly locate such souls.

The Death Sovereign nodded, "Correct."

Xiao En asked, "But we already investigated the Wilfa Material Plane; the ordinary beings killed there also had their souls scattered, and the lingering baleful aura covering the entire plane prevents new life from arising—any that does appear would gradually be devoured by the aura, eventually scattering their souls."

Experts of the Death Rule forge soul‑gold beads; the slain beings cannot have their souls go to the Underworld, instead becoming part of the soul‑gold beads, i. e., souls scattered.

The principle of Destruction Rule's baleful aura is the same; those souls simply become part of the aura—still souls scattered, a fact the Grand Perfections confirmed while on the material plane.

"I understand," the Death Sovereign nodded, "so it's merely a trial, a gamble: if before the entire plane is slaughtered we happen to find a soul that died for other reasons, and that soul reaches the Underworld where I can locate it, then we could obtain the appearance of the Supreme God Relic holder, and that person might also reveal his soul's aura, making future searches easier."

"The probability is extremely low, and it's been tens of thousands of years; even the Sanctum could have been devoured," Xiao En analyzed.

In the original work, Lin Lei's relatives spent several thousand years in the Underworld; they were lucky not to be devoured, perhaps due to the protagonist effect.

In reality, the risk in the Necro Realm exceeds that of the Underworld; killings in the Underworld are usually purposeful, an intelligent contest, whereas the Necro Realm devours the weak to grow stronger, consuming anyone it meets.

And according to the known timeline, sixty thousand years have already passed.

Death Overlord nodded and said, "Yeah, so we can only try; I don't know if it will succeed."

"What does the Overlord need me to do?" Shawn asked again.

Death Overlord said: "The operation of the Heart of the Netherworld requires locking onto an accurate soul, then seeking his relatives, but everyone in this plane is dead, I have no accurate soul, so I can only search extensively, which consumes a great deal of my soul power;"

"So after finding a soul, you need to quickly locate that person, then query his memory; if useful, better; if not, you must tell me, and then I will shift the search direction, otherwise the longer time drags on, the higher the chance surviving souls will be devoured."

"The Netherworld should be vast; my divine sense cannot cover it." Shawn paused and said: "Overlord, why not seek other Chief Gods and just query the Holy Land's memory? It's not difficult."

"I also don't absolutely trust other Netherworld Chief Gods; they dare not defy me, but they could hide something and I wouldn't know." Death Overlord laughed and said: "But you're different: first, I trust you; second, you are at Great Perfection, and the Supreme Divine Token is useless to you."

"Thank you, Overlord." Shawn also felt a bit embarrassed.

Death Overlord truly treats him well, although it's also because of his status as "Strongest Great Perfection".

Death Overlord also said: "As for your divine sense being insufficient, that's not a problem; the Netherworld Chief God will accompany us to the Netherworld, and he will quickly bring you to where you need to go."

Shawn again asked: "Then why doesn't the Netherworld Chief God himself investigate their memories?"

"Querying the Holy Land's memory does not require the Death Overlord to act; other rule experts can do it, let alone Chief Gods; in the original work, Belrut could also query the Holy Land's memory."

Death Overlord laughed: "The Netherworld Chief God will also investigate; the two of you together."

"All right," Shawn also didn't ask further; obviously this is double insurance—he can't lie, and if he encounters the true situation he must report it faithfully.

As the Rules Overlord, he is indeed cautious in this regard; even though theoretically he would not covet the Supreme Divine Token, he still guards against it.

An hour later, Death Overlord, the Netherworld Chief God, and Shawn arrived above the Netherworld, seeing countless netherworld beings devouring each other below; Shawn curiously asked: "Overlord, can you order them to stop? That way, if any surviving souls remain now, there would be no danger."

Death Overlord shook his head and said: "Impossible; these netherworld beings devour each other by instinct; over such a vast area, even a Chief God's might cannot stop it, unless I deploy large numbers of Chief God troops, but there's no time, and in short, it's just not possible."

It seems there is some secret inconvenient to disclose; Shawn also sensed that, so he didn't ask further.

The Netherworld Chief God laughed: "We'll talk about these matters later; let's first get down to business."

"Well, I'll first lock onto a divine-level soul from the Weirfa Plane that came to the Netherworld, use it to find his relatives, then gradually investigate to see if it works." Death Overlord nodded and said.

The Heart of the Netherworld has never been used this way since the creation of heaven and earth; whether it can succeed, he also doesn't know;

But involving the Supreme Divine Token, no matter how much trouble, we must try; after all, even if it fails, it's just a loss of time, and for the few of us, time is the most useless.

The Netherworld Chief God's divine sense also covered the Netherworld continent, awaiting Death Overlord's command; not long after, Death Overlord said: "In the northeast, 60 million li away, there is a person."

The Netherworld Chief God immediately brought Shawn to the location Death Overlord pointed out; the two each did their own thing.

After one time comes the second, third, and Nth time.

As for how the Heart of the Netherworld on Death Overlord's side works, Shawn also doesn't know; he and the Netherworld Chief God merely wait for orders—rest if none, work if there are; anyway, it's very easy.

After more than 200 years, the Netherworld Chief God brought Shawn to a mountain foot and said: "The Holy Land woman below is the target."

"All right." Shawn locked onto the woman below, who seemed unsettled from just regaining her memory, and his soul power instantly penetrated her memory;

In an instant, the most prominent memory appeared in Shawn's mind—a slaughter, a man entirely bathed in black light, wielding a two-meter-long black rod, slaughtering countless living beings.

(End of chapter)