Chapter 64: Lord God

Generally, cultivators of Great Perfection level who wield Lord God's power can cover the entire Material Plane.

"This plane is fine; it spans two hundred million li in radius," Shawn's divine perception quickly locked onto a large island above an ocean.

On the island lay a magical array whose interior is composed of Lord God's power; as soon as it was probed, the soul pearl in his body began to stir.

"Could the soul pearl absorb the Lord God's power of this array?" Shawn thought, and his heart rejoiced instantly.

The Material Plane contains magical arrays arranged by the Lord God and can only be broken by the Lord God; even a Great Perfection cultivator would be helpless. In the original work, Bei Lute acted this way to avoid being killed and to ensure Ao Gusi Ta could not obtain the other Lord God cores.

But the soul pearl had previously directly consumed the might of several Lord God artifacts, so in theory it can also absorb this array. If so, my biggest problem would be solved.

"However, it would be best not to alarm the surrounding soldiers and angels," Shawn's divine perception swept toward the area around the array.

There are thousands of higher deities here, evidently the Lord God's army soldiers of the Light Divine Plane, plus an additional 36 twelve‑winged divine angels.

Fei Zeer, seeing Shawn make no move, tentatively asked, "Teacher?"

"It's fine, let's find a place to stay for now," Shawn said with a faint smile.

Fei Zeer exclaimed joyfully, "Then, Teacher, let's go to my palace. I've built an empire here; shall we have them worship you?"

Shawn shook his head, "No need. Don't reveal the relationship between you and me; let's stay separate. You can continue being the king of your empire."

Having said that, Shawn's figure flashed and vanished, leaving a puzzled Fei Zeer, who shook his head and said, "Teacher is truly mysterious."

Shawn soon arrived near Wuyou Island, and with his powerful divine perception he scanned the island's magical array, intending to record its entire structure.

As a Great Perfection who fuses death and life, he only needs to contract his aura and stay beside other higher deities; that is no problem at all.

Only when passing through a teleportation array, although he can contract his aura, he cannot vanish into thin air and will certainly be seen; only the Dark Law and Earth Law might achieve this.

Qingyuan Material Plane:

After spreading his divine perception, Shawn addressed Buleile, "Buleile, come over here."

"Alright." Upon receiving the transmission, Buleile hurried over, but saw a magical array that was not real, only an energy illusion.

Shawn asked, "Buleile, can you understand a magical array like this?"

"This array is complex, but at least it has clues to follow; compared to the last one, it's much better," Buleile said, gazing at the array, somewhat fascinated.

Being fascinated is actually a good sign; it shows he can comprehend something. If he understood nothing, there would be no reaction at all.

Shawn said, "Good, stay here to research; I'll await your good news."

Shawn doesn't understand magical arrays; they're essentially like cultivation—without talent there's no point in fiddling with them; even among the many Lord Gods, few understand magical arrays.

Centuries later, while studying the array, Buleile suddenly exclaimed joyfully, "I've got it; I know how to break the array."

"How to break it?" Shawn, who had been standing nearby, opened his eyes and asked eagerly.

Buleile, using light‑affinity divine power, manifested countless tendrils and said to the various configurations within the array, "Mr. Shawn, start from here."

Listening to Buleile's explanation, Shawn still didn't quite get it; after a moment of thought he said, "Buleile, how about I set up a similar array here and run a few breaking trials?"

Buleile agreed, "Sure, let's start right now."

After a bout of busy work, Shawn used divine power to simulate and duplicate an array, but it had only form without power; after several attempts it still failed.

Having no choice, Shawn began learning the basics of magical arrays from Buleile; only by truly understanding could he replicate them.

Fortunately, Shawn is a Great Perfection with a strong soul; although his talent doesn't match Buleile's, under the guidance of this top master he gradually began to understand.

Ten thousand years later:

Having built a solid foundation, Shawn successfully simulated the Lord God's magical array of the Anlan Da Material Plane, and then, under Buleile's guidance, gradually broke it.

Looking at his result, Shawn asked, "Buleile, the breaking process still releases energy fluctuations; can we make it completely silent?"

"Impossible. Such an array is extremely complex; if it's on the Material Plane, the resulting wave can be felt by all deity‑level beings across the plane."

Buleile shook his head, "The one who set up this array was also master‑level; a wave‑free break is impossible, but we could pre‑place a hidden energy‑fluctuation array around it."

"That works too," Shawn nodded, then asked a second question, "Buleile, after breaking this array, I still want it to revert to its original state; can that be done?"

Even if I sneak past the Lord God's soldiers and angels, and obtain the Lord God core with the soul pearl, if the array disappears the Light Sovereign will inevitably know the house was stolen; though he may not pinpoint the culprit, it's best to keep it hidden for now.

That outcome is far better than being discovered early, but it's not the perfect solution.

"Restore? We could simply create another one," Buleile asked.

Shawn shook his head, "That won't work. I need the array to restore itself after I go in and out, or at least my passage should have minimal impact on it."

The soul pearl might be able to devour Lord God's might to aid my ingress and egress, but if the array is destroyed I lack the ability to recreate it; even after obtaining the Lord God core and refining it in spatial turbulence, I cannot return to the Anlan Da Plane to forge another array.

Because the Iron Rule of the Coiling Dragon World states: an external Lord God cannot enter the Material Plane; entry means death.

"Why do we need to do this?" Buleile was puzzled, "If we do it this way, the difficulty would increase ten thousandfold."

"You don't need to worry about that. If you succeed, I can give you one hundred drops of Light and Dark Lord God's power," Shawn offered a steep price.

Now only one step away from obtaining the Lord God core, the Lord God's power itself is negligible; he still needs to rely on this array master.

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(End of chapter)