Chapter 123: The Shocking Death Overlord

This time, Xiao En went alone to the Underworld, quickly arrived at Ghostly Nether Mountain, reached its summit, and met the Death Overlord inside the palace.

"Overlord." Xiao En bowed and said.

The Death Overlord, seated above, smiled and said, "Xiao En, it's been several hundred billion years; during this time, have you been staying on the material plane?"

"Yes, I've been on the material plane for a long time. Now the next plane war is about to begin, so I came out," Xiao En replied with a smile.

For him, being a "Great Perfection", whether on the divine plane or the material plane, he is invincible; it makes no difference where he is, so after finding a suitable Divine Messenger, he stayed long on the material plane;

Some may prefer the divine plane, but his preference is the material plane, which is more interesting.

When the plane war was about to start, the matter involved a reward of Willpower Might, and I also need to step forward personally.

The Death Overlord laughed, "Very well, time is nearly up. I'll first take you to see the remaining masters after countless battles over the years."

"Alright." Xiao En nodded.

Immediately, a surge of Death Divine Power enveloped Xiao En, soaring toward Hong Yang Fu. After a short while they arrived at a sea of mist, where Xiao En's spiritual sense dispersed and revealed numerous masters of the Wind, Earth, and a few other elemental laws.

The Death Overlord explained, "Although my goal is to attract Wind and Earth masters, some from other elements have also entered, and I have no need to drive them away."

Wind and Earth treasure rewards, such as Divine Power, are also rare treasures for other elements; no one despises an abundance of Divine Power, even an Asura would not reject Divine Power outside their own attribute.

Xiao En smiled, "That's fine; I also need some masters of the Fire and Water elements. If they are here, that would be even better."

"Fire and Water elements?" the Death Overlord furrowed his brow but asked nothing further.

In the following months, Xiao En spent considerable time observing the trapped group below, watching their internal skirmishes or personally testing them, eventually selecting several hundred capable masters for soul seeding, then informing them of Bu Lei Le's cooperative method.

The Death Overlord also waited above for months; for a Divine who may have lived for quadrillions of years, that span meant little.

"Are these participants finalized?" the Death Overlord asked.

Xiao En nodded, "Yes, for now these. However, the other thousands will also be taken to the plane battlefield. If those who entered the channel early die, I will continue soul seeding the later ones to send them in."

This is also the soul seeding of the Death Rule, which has an advantage against Bright and Dark angels, allowing arbitrary target selection;

Even though angels fear no death and exert no soul pressure on the Bright or Dark Divine, their numbers are fixed; each death reduces their count.

Under the Death Rule, when the front line dies, the next can be immediately controlled. Of course, this is not unlimited; otherwise the Death Rule would far surpass other laws.

In fact, only someone in Xiao En's special situation can fully exploit the "soul seeding" ability to affect the plane battlefield, whereas Dan Ning Dun, a Great Perfection, can at most control two or three dozen seven‑star demons wielding Divine Power, which has little impact on the outcome.

The Death Overlord nodded, "Very well, now we have the means to oppose the Twelve‑Wing Bright Divine Angels."

"Will the Dark Divine Realm's angels intervene?" Xiao En asked,

The Death Overlord replied, "They will, but the Dark Divine Realm has only about three hundred Twelve‑Wing Divine Angels, whereas the Bright Divine Realm has nearly fifteen hundred; the gap is huge."

Xiao En retorted, "Why is the number of angels in the Dark Divine Realm so much lower?"

The Death Overlord laughed and shook his head, "It's a complicated matter. First, the Dark Overlord's strength is inferior to the Bright Overlord; the two once fought, and the Dark Overlord lost, so in controlling the material plane, the Dark Divine Realm cannot match the Bright Divine Realm;

You also come from the material plane, so you should know that the Bright Law contains abundant mysterious healing magics, which greatly aid the absorption of Faith Power, whereas the Dark Law has almost none."

"That is indeed correct," Xiao En nodded.

The Bright, Life, and Water laws each possess the ability to heal living beings; especially the Life Law, though fewer can cultivate it, while among Bright and Water, the Bright Law's effect is considerably stronger;

After the Faith War, Divine beings not of Bright or Dark attributes essentially disregard the material plane, leaving the Bright Divine Realm to dominate many material planes.

The Death Overlord added, "One more thing: the two Twelve‑Wing Angel reincarnation pools of the Dark Divine Plane were once controlled by another Dark Divine, containing certain mysteries about the Divine that I cannot share, and these have severely affected the number of Dark Twelve‑Wing Divine Angels."

"So that's why," Xiao En said, not pressing further; he naturally knew this was Fei Si Te's achievement back then;

It makes sense; if I were a Dark Divine slightly stronger than the Dark Overlord, I would certainly vie for an Angel reincarnation pool, since the Divine would not reject loyal seven‑star demon‑level masters.

The Death Overlord continued, "Alright, now that you know all this, there's another issue: how do you intend to control the masters you've soul‑seeded? They will be at both ends of the channel, and the distance between the ends exceeds 30,000 li; your spiritual sense likely cannot reach both sides,

or are you planning to have your people act on one side while the other side is handled by the mysterious Great Perfection you mentioned? By then, that Great Perfection should have revealed themselves, right?"

"I have a way," Xiao En smiled, "Please, Overlord, take me back to the summit of Ghostly Nether Mountain first; I will tell you everything."

The Death Overlord nodded, "Very well, let's go."

Another surge of Death Divine Power effortlessly lifted Xiao En, and the two quickly arrived inside the palace atop Ghostly Nether Mountain.

Xiao En said, "Overlord, please use Divine Power to completely seal the palace, ensuring other Divine's spiritual senses cannot infiltrate."

"Why is that? The Underworld's Divine know this is my domain; they wouldn't casually probe with their spiritual senses, would they?" the Death Overlord asked, puzzled.

Xiao En smiled, "Please proceed as such first; later you'll understand why."

"Fine." The Death Overlord was unperturbed; it was a trivial matter. Under her control, a Divine Power encircled the entire palace, and the massive energy made Xiao En feel a slight pressure within.

Xiao En sensed the surrounding energy, then with a thought, his Divine avatar on the Qing Yuan Material Plane locked onto his Life Law divine avatar's position, directly gathering Divine Power; within the Death Overlord's energy field, another Divine Power aura began to coalesce.

"What is this?" the Death Overlord instantly sensed the Divine Power bearing Xiao En's aura, her face shocked, "You are a Divine? How is that possible?"

Xiao En's gathered Death Divine Power quickly formed a human silhouette, and bowing to the Death Overlord above, said, "Mid-tier Death Divine, I have met you, Overlord."

"You obtained Fei Si Te's Divine Vessel? How is that possible? Wasn't that Divine Vessel sealed by Fei Si Te in his own material plane? The Bright Overlord also dispatched troops and angels to seal that plane; how did you manage it?" the Death Overlord asked, astonished.

Xiao En smiled lightly, "Any sigil has weaknesses, even those set by a Divine; just because Augusta couldn't do it doesn't mean others can't;

Long ago, I personally went to that plane, concealed from Augusta's subordinates, and took the Divine Vessel from the sigil."

Now the plane war is about to erupt, so he must manifest, because only his Divine avatar's appearance provides a sufficient spiritual range to control the thousands of seven‑star or six‑star demons under his command and to decide formations based on circumstances.

Moreover, with the Underworld's ten‑victory grand battle at stake, this mid‑tier Divine certainly must appear and contribute his strength.

The Death Overlord laughed heartily, "Interesting, Xiao En, you're truly impressive. Though Fei Si Te wasn't a Great Perfection back then, his research on sigils was unrivaled among Divines, even surpassing several Great Perfection rule Overlords;

The sigil he set up on his material plane, after Augusta gained control, even Fate Overlord Ao Fu was sent to study it, but after long research it remained unsolved; you succeeded despite many god‑level soldiers guarding it—truly remarkable, I admire you, I admire you."

"To become a Divine, I have to take a gamble, and this inevitably offends Augusta," Xiao En said with a faint smile.

In fact, Fei Si Te's sigil is truly unsolvable; even Bu Lei Le, who understood its logic, could not break a Divine‑set sigil, and even if Bu Lei Le went personally without interference, it would remain unbreakable;

My success stems from the soul pearl's ability to absorb Divine might; without that, it would be impossible.

The Death Overlord smiled faintly, "Having become a Divine, any risk is worthwhile; you are already a Great Perfection, now a mid‑tier Divine, and in strength you are close to an ordinary Overlord;

If this plane war is won, you will gain another Willpower Might; even if Augusta possesses the supreme artifact, at most she could defeat you, but could not threaten your life, and I will also intervene on your behalf."

At this moment, she also understood why Xiao En cared so much about the Underworld's ten‑victory plane war and why she refused to join—it was because of the Divine, making everything logical.

Xiao En nodded, "Indeed, that is also my hope."

Besides, I actually have an extra willpower at the Great Perfection level, but Augusta also has an unknown extra in this regard, which roughly cancels out;

The biggest problem is that he and Ofu are actually the same person; he probably knows many of Ofu's ultimate techniques, his body might be of Main God Artifact level, and his strength is likely not inferior to the Death Overlord's.

He might also be carrying a Soul Defense Supreme Divine Artifact, which completely counters me;

Of course, I'm not afraid of him now; if I obtain another willpower, I'll definitely be much faster than him in speed, and if I later scheme a Main Godhead, I won't fear ordinary Rule Overlords.

Moreover, I already have two Supreme Divine Tokens in hand; if I complete them, it can be said that I won't fear Ofu either.

The Death Overlord thought for a moment and said: "I now understand everything you've done, but who is that Great Perfection you mentioned?"

"It's Dannington; he broke through to Great Perfection." Shawn replied, this matter no longer needs to be kept secret from the Death Overlord.

"Dannington? He actually broke through to Great Perfection? Another Death Rule Great Perfection has appeared in the world?" The Death Overlord's eyes filled with surprise and a hint of envy.

Shawn nodded and said: "Yes, he can break through, and it's indeed very surprising to me; for countless hundreds of millions of years, no Great Perfection has been born, but unexpectedly, in less than a trillion years, two Death Rule Great Perfections have appeared consecutively."

The low probability of a Great Perfection appearing can be seen from the original work: in Lin Lei's era there were only twenty or thirty, and even in the original work the dark system had not yet produced a Great Perfection.

It's truly outrageous for two of the same rule to appear consecutively in such a short time.

The Death Overlord smiled faintly and said: "Netherworld has also broken through to Great Perfection; to be precise, that makes three."

"Yes." Shawn smiled.

The Death Overlord nodded and said: "Given that, one side of the passage is a Great Perfection, the other side consists of experts you've soul-seeded, plus other God-level beings and Dark God Angels; this lineup is indeed the extreme we have achieved."

"Yeah, basically that's all we can do." Shawn also said: "Whether we win depends on Dannington's Great Perfection—whether he can quickly win in one passage, then go help the other."

The Death Overlord also agreed: "Yes, this time my Underworld will oppose the Heavenly Realm, and other planes will also aid the Heavenly Realm; in terms of the number of experts, they even surpass us;"

I originally thought there was no hope, but your layout over these years has truly been painstaking; in terms of merit and effect, you far surpass me as Overlord.

Rest assured, no matter whether this plane battlefield ends in victory or defeat, I will mediate between you and Augusta; even if he pursues you relentlessly, I will guarantee your safety in the Underworld.

"Thank you, Overlord." Shawn said with a light smile.

Actually, even if we lose, he isn't really afraid of Augusta; his only concern is the Ofu behind him.

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