Chapter 12: Netherdark Lord God

On the Qingyuan Material Plane, inside a palace, Shawn immediately closed his eyes to cultivate.

After a short while.

Boom—

The Heavenly Law has descended.

Under the control of the Heavenly Law, a black divine form emitting dazzling white light flew out of Shawn's body, undergoing the Law's transformation; the middle‑tier divine form became an upper‑tier divine form, then returned to his body.

Very quickly, the Heavenly Law ended; Shawn immediately used his Bright Upper Divine Form to draw Bright Upper Divine Power from the elemental ocean, then merged it with Death and Life Upper Divine Power.

"The power is indeed only a little weaker than that of a same‑type Lord God," Shawn reflected on the energy within him, feeling great joy.

In this way, his divine avatar in the Netherrealm now possesses the endless "Three‑Path Fusion Divine Power" that approaches the Lord God's might; as long as he isn't besieged by too many peak masters, he is essentially safe from death.

Of course, unless forced, he does not wish to reveal his Three‑Path Soul Mutation, because once enemies learn of it they may take other measures against him.

At that moment, a divine consciousness probed in, and Shawn immediately said, "Tuoya, come in."

"Yes, Father." Tuoya instantly flew into the Great Hall, and upon seeing Shawn, exclaimed with delight, "Father, your Bright Divine Avatar has broken through."

"Indeed, it has successfully advanced to Upper Divine," Shawn said with a faint smile.

Having lived for billions of years, he naturally has his own family; the entire Qingyuan Material Plane is now fully under his control, along with an empire of his own.

His direct descendants number dozens, but most have average talent; only two have managed on their own to ascend to Upper Divine.

The one before him is his eldest son Tuoya, proficient in cultivating the Water Law and the Destruction Rule; his Water aspect has already become an Upper Divine and has merged two Arcane mysteries, while the Destruction Rule is still a Lower Divine, yet it is also a top master on the Qingyuan Material Plane, second only to him.

"Congratulations, Father," Tuoya also said.

Shawn asked, "Has your third Arcane fusion succeeded?"

Tuoya replied, "Not yet; after tens of millions of years, I still feel no progress."

"It seems, with your talent, completing the three‑way fusion on the material plane is unlikely," Shawn said. "When the right time comes, I will take you to the Divine Plane."

Tuoya said awkwardly, "I have disappointed you, Father."

Shawn smiled, "Not really; you have already succeeded greatly. Even on the Divine Plane, cultivating to Upper Divine is a one‑in‑ten‑thousand chance; with your talent, the future Four‑Way Fusion should still have a high probability."

Across countless planes and countless geniuses over endless time, there are only twenty‑to‑thirty Great Perfections—Asura‑rank masters; a single plane may have about a thousand such individuals, perhaps a bit more at the Seven‑Star rank, maybe tens of thousands.

With that probability, having one of his descendants reach Seven‑Star is already a great success.

The Netherrealm, Netherdark Mountain.

The distinctive soul aura on Shawn's body gradually faded; then he opened his eyes. Under the Lord God's and the many onlookers' attention, he naturally did not employ Fusion Divine Power, as his divine avatar on the material plane had already been tested.

The Netherdark Fruit truly was wondrous, successfully advancing his Bright Divine Avatar; however, he still harbored a faint hope that the fruit might help him break through the final layer of exotic Arcane fusion, which evidently did not succeed.

Nevertheless, the success alone was sufficient.

"Impressive, Shawn," the green snake that appeared first said in surprise.

Shawn was about to speak when suddenly he sensed an abnormal energy fluctuation around him; atop the trunk of the Netherdark Fruit Tree, space began to warp, the bark patterns emitted a teal glow, then formed a giant face, exuding a terrifying pressure.

"I pay homage to the Lord God," the still‑clear‑headed green snake quickly bowed and said.

Shawn and the over‑thirty Seven‑Star demonic monsters that had been Soul‑seeded all knelt, saying, "I pay homage to the Lord God."

Only a few snake spirits, affected by poison gas and Shawn's Arcane, still wildly intended to attack others.

"Enough~" the giant face on the tree sighed, a wave of energy dispersed, the previously frantic snake spirits instantly returned to normal, and upon seeing the Lord God's giant face, they also bowed immediately: "I pay homage to the Lord God."

At the same time, the recent memory also appeared in their minds, and they instantly glared at Shawn.

Shawn naturally ignored them; at this moment he dared not look up, for facing this Netherdark Lord God, even with his Four‑Path Soul Mutation and newfound willpower, he was far from a match.

"Are you Shawn?" the giant face, the Netherdark Lord God, asked.

Shawn replied, "Yes, Lord God."

The Netherdark Lord God then asked, "Shawn, did you Soul‑seed all thirty of them?"

"Yes." Shawn could only admit.

These people did not act, so the Life Lord God in front of them would likely not notice they were Soul‑seeded; but just now these people desperately protected themselves, and such behavior, an experienced god can instantly see as Soul‑seeded, let alone the Lord God.

"Impressive, over thirty Seven‑Star demonic monsters simultaneously controlled by you," the Netherdark Lord God's voice was very surprised. "I also know some masters who cultivate the Death Rule; even if they could achieve it, they could not do it as easily as you."

Shawn explained, "Lord God, that's because I have been studying the Arcane direction concerning Soul‑seeds and soul‑confusion."

"I see, but that's still impressive. Alright, the Netherdark Fruit contest has ended, stop here, no more killing." After speaking, the Netherdark Lord God's figure gradually faded, and the trunk returned to normal.

Shawn also exhaled, even though he knew the Netherdark Lord God was easy to talk to and did not kill indiscriminately, having him appear right before him was still extremely stressful.

Fortunately, before leaving, the Netherdark Lord God said something that stopped those snake spirits from seeking revenge; otherwise Shawn might have been unable to leave alive.

A few snake spirits glanced at Shawn, let out a cold snort, but by the Lord God's command they dared not defy.

At that moment, from the direction of the Netherdark Fruit Tree, a surge of energy aura flew in; the person moved at a speed not slower than Shawn.

"Torres?" a snake spirit asked, "What brings you here?"

"Of course, I am obeying the Lord God's command," Torres said, looking at Shawn, smiling, "Shawn, congratulations, you have successfully obtained the Netherdark Fruit. According to the rules of Netherdark Mountain, you will receive an audience with the Lord God and become the Lord God's envoy; now please come with me to see the Lord God."

"Lord God, didn't you just appear earlier?" Shawn asked knowingly.

Torres smiled, "The one just now was the Netherdark Lord God; the one you are about to meet is another."

"Alright." Shawn said without further question.

If he could obtain the Lord God's artifact, he would no longer fear the Four Beast Families, unless the opposing Lord God intervenes or he is besieged by multiple Asura.

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(End of chapter)