Chapter 56: As Desired, Rewarded【Tuesday Request for Reread】

Shawn stared at Wu Lier and finally agreed, saying: "Fine, but I have two conditions. First, you must answer truthfully any question I ask;"

Second, you must not tell anyone that I came to see you."

He also understood that Wu Lier feared his whereabouts would be discovered by peak masters of the divine planes, who would then come to seize the primary artifact;

Moreover, even Great Perfection Shawn, though disdainful of going to the plane battlefields to slaughter commanders for the primary artifact, felt a slight temptation when someone like Wu Lier stood before him, because killing him would grant Shawn the soul‑defense primary artifact he lacks;

But now his ambition is the Divine Rank, so he naturally would not do that.

"Fine, any question you ask, if I know the answer I will certainly tell you and will not deceive you;" Wu Lier replied, then raised his hand and swore: "I, Wu Lier, swear in the name of the Destructive Supreme God that if Mr. Shawn promises not to kill me and not to disclose my location to outsiders, I will answer every question he asks without concealment; should I lie, I willingly accept my soul to scatter."

Shawn nodded and likewise swore: "I, Shawn, swear in the name of the Death Supreme God that as long as Wu Lier answers my questions truthfully, I will not kill him nor reveal his affairs in this plane to any third party."

The Supreme God oath is a peculiar vow in the Panlong universe; once declared it must be kept, even forming part of the cosmic law;

Although he thought it absurd that a Supreme God would involve himself in such matters.

Seeing his safety assured, Wu Lier relaxed and asked, "What would Lord Shawn like to know?"

For a Great Perfection ascended deity who does not intend to kill him, he also wishes to curry favor; if one day his information were discovered by the divine planes, befriending the Great Perfection would be enough to intimidate almost all other peak masters;

No demon or clan would offend the Great Perfection over a single primary artifact; even three primary artifacts before the Great Perfection are merely a slightly larger rabbit.

Shawn did not ask his question directly, but first said, "Tell me anything you know about Lord Fiste."

Wu Lier pondered briefly and said, "Lord Shawn, that question is rather broad. Though I am a trusted angel of the Lord God, many matters the Lord God does not disclose voluntarily, but I can give a brief account;"

Lord Fiste was among the first Lord Gods after the creation of heaven and earth, also a divine beast of darkness and death; he calls himself the Midnight Scorpion Divine Beast, and his two divine avatars each possess a middle‑tier Divine Rank, yet among the Lord Gods his status rivals that of ordinary Sovereigns;

I have heard him mock himself, saying that if his luck had been better and he had secured an upper Divine Rank when the Lord God rank descended, he would have become the strongest being in heaven and earth."

"Sovereign level?" Shawn thought, then asked, "Do you know how he died?"

According to his knowledge of the original text, after the Lord God pact, ordinary, unambitious Lord Gods are safer, whereas those who seek other Divine Ranks or vie for Supreme God tasks are more prone to downfall.

Being a middle‑tier Lord God with Sovereign power, he would inevitably be dissatisfied, which easily draws lethal foes;

In the original, Trecia was the same; however that fool barely possessed middle‑tier Lord God strength yet still coveted the Supreme God token, so someone like Fiste with Sovereign power could at least try.

Wu Lier shook his head and said, "I don't know. I have followed Lord Fiste for countless quadrillion years, usually staying in the Dark Divine Realm or the Underworld, until one day I suddenly became free and regained my memories;"

I realized that at least his dark Lord God avatar must have fallen, and that Fiste's domain in the Underworld was taken over by other Lord Gods, so I know Fiste has completely perished."

"Then, while you were beside Fiste, did you notice any non‑primary‑artifact treasures?" Shawn asked again.

"Non‑primary‑artifact treasures?" Wu Lier recalled, shaking his head: "I don't know; I never paid attention, but Lord Fiste does enjoy studying strange wonders of heaven and earth or the innate abilities of divine beasts, so there should be many treasures. Do you have any particular shape in mind?"

"Never mind then." Shawn stopped asking and said, "Wu Lier, has Lord Fiste ever taken you to a material plane?"

The matter of the Soul Pearl should not be disclosed yet, even with a Supreme God oath, there may still be loopholes;

Just the fact that the Soul Pearl contains memory fragments of deceased Lord Gods is already defying heaven, and a Supreme God token could not have such a function.

Wu Lier nodded: "Yes, we went there. That plane is Lord Fiste's birthplace, and a Lord God can enter his own material plane."

"Which plane?" Shawn asked calmly; this was the purpose of his journey.

Although Wu Lier found Shawn's question odd, he replied, "Before Lord Fiste died, this plane was called the An Lan Da Material Plane, but now I don't know what it's called."

"The material planes all have numbers on the teleport arrays; do you know the number of the An Lan Da plane?"

Having obtained the information he sought, Shawn felt great joy; although even upon reaching that plane he would still face the Lord God's magical array, at least he had made further progress;

"Number? I don't know that," Wu Lier shook his head. "I rarely use teleport arrays to go to material planes; even peak masters seldom return, usually it's just travel between divine planes."

"Never mind then." Shawn, unconcerned, said, "Keep that dark Lord God power; if I need anything later I might come to find you again."

At least he had already obtained the name of this plane that existed for countless quadrillion years, giving him some concrete data; once he returns to the Underworld, he can investigate further.

After leaving, Shawn directly used the Xi Ya plane's teleport array to return to the Underworld;

A flash of light passed, and a massive water pressure bore down on Shawn;

"Ascended God?" many soldiers gasped in surprise upon seeing Shawn.

"Nether Sea?"

Shawn smiled, let his divine sense expand, recognized a familiar face, and swiftly flew toward him.

"André!" Shawn suddenly appeared behind the Undersea teleport array guard André.

André startled, turned to see Shawn and immediately smiled, "Lord Han Li, greetings."

Shawn cut to the chase, asking, "Help me look up a plane; I don't know its current name, but billions of quadrillion years ago it should have been called the An Lan Da Material Plane, and it persisted for a long time."

Lord Fiste lived until the fifth Supreme God task period, so the name An Lan Da Material Plane must have endured for a very long time—this is an excellent clue.

"An Lan Da?" André's face turned oddly upon hearing it.

"What's wrong? Do you know this An Lan Da Material Plane?"

As a Great Perfection, Shawn was extremely sensitive to any surrounding change, naturally noticing André's facial and aura shift, though it soon returned to normal.

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