Chapter 74: The Completion of the Behind‑the‑Scenes Scheme and the Hunt for a Material‑Plane Master

Xiao En said again, "Very well, first issue a Supreme God Oath: do not disclose anything about this place to any third party, including the fact that I am the Lord God;

Also, you must remove the primary soul‑defense artifact; I will place a seal on your divine soul to prevent betrayal."

The Supreme God Oath has loopholes; in the original work, Lin Lei used a loophole to deceive many Lord Gods, so he must also be guarded; the safest method is still direct soul‑seeding or imposing a seal.

However, Bahe possesses the primary soul‑defense artifact; as a Lord God he could forcibly perform soul‑seeding, but that would inevitably destroy his soul‑defense artifact, and if that happens, the refining Lord God who forged the artifact might also sense it.

Only a Lord God can destroy a primary artifact.

"Yes." Bahe's face turned ashen at once; he is also a master of the Death Rule cultivation, so he naturally knows what this means, and he does not dare refuse the Lord God's request.

He then shifted his thoughts, plucked a jet‑black ring from his hand, removed its master‑binding, and placed it aside.

"Very good, don't worry." Xiao En smiled faintly, fired a level‑one pale‑black soul attack, which struck Bahe directly;

His body shivered, and he then sensed within his own soul that another kind of power seemed present, but upon close search he found nothing.

The Great Perfect Death Rule Lord God is truly terrifying.

"Alright, you may re‑bind your soul's primary artifact now," Xiao En said with a light smile. "Rest assured, whatever is on your soul will not harm you as long as you don't betray me; it can even protect your soul. However, since you have a soul‑defense artifact, that function becomes irrelevant."

"Yes, Lord God." Bahe reclaimed his primary artifact, re‑bound it, and asked, "Lord God, the next task is to locate Buweit's contract divine beast; do you have any other instructions?"

Xiao En nodded, "That is the only mission for now; we currently need not clash with the Four Beast Clan. First, identify this divine beast—its appearance and soul aura;

If it is not within the Four Beast Clan's domain, we must search the entire plane for it; if it is, we must draw it out. Both tasks are difficult to execute."

Without the Lord God, locating a person on the divine plane is extremely hard; originally he was wanted by the first family of the divine plane, but as long as he doesn't appear in a city, even the Four Beast Clan's wanted list cannot find him.

Bahe seemed aware of the issue and tentatively asked, "Lord God, is it inconvenient for you to manifest on the divine plane right now?"

"I have my reasons; you need not concern yourself," Xiao En said coolly. "First, investigate the divine beast's situation."

"Yes," Bahe replied, "I will take my leave now," and dared not ask further.

Xiao En added, "Don't you still have a water‑type divine avatar? Send your water‑type avatar to roam the divine plane with the Sanctum True Form; the strongest Death avatar will stay by my side thereafter;

When you meet a master, you need not be stingy with the Lord God's power—use it as needed, and this will unleash your maximum combat strength."

A weak divine avatar combined with the Sanctum True Form does not guarantee maximum combat power, because the Sanctum True Form's divine‑energy storage limit is far below that of a higher‑rank avatar; thus, although the mystic and Divine Realm are the same, the divine energy is insufficient, and when facing an equal‑rank master for an extended period, the lack of energy that cannot be replenished in time becomes dangerous.

However, if there is enough Lord God power, that risk disappears; the Lord God's power can supply sufficient energy, the weak avatar provides the Divine Realm, the Sanctum True Form supplies mystic and innate divine skills, and together they can achieve maximum combat strength, as with the original's Azure Flame.

Bahe's heart tightened, but he still said, "Yes, Lord God."

He also knew that keeping his strongest avatar by the Lord God's side was indeed safe, but that meant he was completely controlled; this path could only lead to darkness.

Xiao En said again, "I will assign several Seven‑Star Demons that I have soul‑seeded to stay by your side; they will obey your orders, but do not assign them extremely dangerous tasks all at once. If a few die, inform me and I will replenish them;

My divine avatar is temporarily unable to stay with you; when you have news, report it to me directly on the Material Plane. Here are an additional 2,000 drops of Lord God power as a reward deposit for your service. Your clan also needs sufficient Lord God power to later oppose the Four Beast Clan."

"Yes, thank you, Lord God," Bahe bowed again,

At the same time, he resolved that since the Lord God has already arranged his strongest avatar, his family's core descendants, and granted him ample Lord God power, then how about a fight with the Four Beast Clan;

Millennia of hatred have caused him great pain, but he cannot defeat them; for the sake of his surviving clan descendants, he can only endure. Now the chance arises, and he naturally hopes the Four Beast Clan will pay the price;

As long as he does not kill the Four Beast Lord God's direct sons or grandsons, or insult the Four Beast Lord God, then according to the Lord God's world's rules, they generally will not intervene directly; this would allow him to be bolder.

Even if he doesn't kill the elders, slaying enough of the Four Beast Upper‑God army suffices; even if the Lord God descends to kill him, a weak avatar causing the Lord God to lose face wouldn't be too bad;

Truly, the hatred between his family and the Four Beast Clan is immense.

Within his divine perception, after the Ming She left the Azure Origin Plane, Xiao En felt a slight joy; Buweit is still alive and drifting in the spatial turbulence—this is the Supreme God's gift to him. He didn't expect the Azure Dragon to spare him.

If he can follow this thread and bury the risk of possessing the Supreme God's relic, then even if his Lord God avatar cannot exit for now, his Life avatar could become the number one under the Lord God, freely traversing the divine plane.

"However, the Ming She clan is still no match for the Four Beast Clan; they still need to boost their strength."

Xiao En considered that, although his original intention was merely to have the Ming She clan intervene at the right moment to eliminate the Four Beast members who had seen the Supreme God's relic, when two great families clash, a loss of control could cross the red line;

For example, Ming She Bahe himself certainly does not wish a full‑scale war with the Four Beast Clan, but among his many subordinates, any Seven‑Star Demon could act out of hatred, and the opposing Four Beast Clan is even more reckless.

Therefore, to avoid an actual great war, he needs to strengthen the Ming She clan, and the simplest way is to soul‑seed enough experts and dispatch them.

At this thought, Xiao En shifted his mind; a space fissure several meters wide instantly appeared ahead of the plane, and he stepped through into a dim, six‑colored yet extremely hazardous spatial turbulence.

Immediately, his divine perception locked onto a nearby Material Plane.

Labi Er Material Plane Prison:

This is another world of the Material Plane, where energy density is extremely low, making cultivation very difficult; those here are essentially people originally exiled from the Material Plane for offending the plane's warden, or their descendants.

Although the locale is hard to cultivate, over countless eons many strong beings are still born; these strong ones cannot reach the divine plane and have fought each other inside for eons, leaving only the strongest becoming stronger.

Kasimu is one of them; he is the strongest entity in this plane prison.

On a mountain peak, countless scarlet flames scorch the sky into distortion; Kasimu sits atop the summit, surrounded by flames that burn the space so intensely that the inner spatial turbulence becomes visible.

"Your Fire Law cultivation is impressive."

While Kasimu was immersed in endless fire mystic, a voice from behind made his expression change instantly, and a massive burst of flame erupted from his back.

"Boom~" The terrifying flames could scorch heaven and earth, yet the person behind hovered unmoved, his body cloaked in a faint gray divine energy; the surrounding flames roared fiercely but could not affect him.

Kasimu already grasped a flaming spear; looking at the black‑clothed man before him, his expression turned unusually solemn: "Who are you? In this plane prison, I've never heard of anyone like you.

Or perhaps you just arrived, but with your strength, how could the plane warden exile you? Or do you have a spatial fissure linking to the outside?"

Most of those exiled into the plane prison are mid‑rank gods, lower‑rank gods, or even Sanctums, because the plane warden is merely a relatively powerful Sanctum.

However, these individuals have fought each other for eons within the plane prison, becoming strong, yet cannot leave due to the constraints of the Heaven‑and‑Earth laws, unless there is

"How many kinds has your fire-based law fused?" the man in black asked with a faint smile.

"How many types have you fused into your Fire Law?" the black‑clothed man asked with a faint smile.

Kasimu replied, "Why should I tell you?"

"Very well." Before the black‑clothed man's words finished, his figure vanished instantly;

Kasimu's complexion changed drastically; sensing movement behind him, he hurriedly brandished his flame spear, whirled around, and thrust the spear backward.

The black‑clothed man's hand and Kasimu's upper‑rank artifact collided at high speed, "Rrrrip~~~" the space of the Material Plane was torn apart.

The black‑clothed man's figure did not retreat, but Kasimu's spear was shattered by two massive forces; the tremendous power, transmitted through the remaining half of the spear shaft, shattered his both hands.

"Pfft~" He spat a mouthful of fresh blood; Kasimu was blasted away, and the massive force instantly pierced the mountain he had been on.

【61】 "Haha, Explosion Mysticism is indeed impressive." The black‑clothed man laughed heartily: "Your Fire Mysticism hasn't yet fused all four types, but it's close, right?"

Kaximu, drenched in blood, staggered out from the countless shards of stone, his eyes still filled with terror: "Who exactly are you?"

"You don't need to know who I am; answer my question first," the man in black said indifferently.

Under the eaves one must bow the head; Kaximu also knew his strength was inferior, and the speed the other just displayed far surpassed his, so he could only answer honestly: "Yes, my fire law is only one step away from complete Four Fusion."

"As expected, a genius—cultivating in such conditions to reach a level close to a seven‑star demon, impressive," the man in black said with a faint smile.

He was, of course, Xiao En; his presence here was a projection onto the material plane using Lord God's power;

Lord God's cross‑plane projection has no willpower, only mystery and Lord God's power; however, he is a Great Perfection, making him invincible on the material plane unless he encounters a reclusive Great Perfection or a Beirut‑class super divine beast.

Kaximu asked in surprise: "You're from the divine plane? No wonder your strength is so great?"

Xiao En smiled: "Yes, soon you'll go as well; your strength is impressive, I have chosen you."

"What do you mean, can you take me out of the dimensional prison?" Kaximu's heart leapt with joy: "If you can lead me out, I will follow you for ten trillion years."

"Very well. After ten trillion years, if you are still alive, I will set you free," Xiao En finished, his eyes flashing black, and a soul attack struck Kaximu directly.

At such close range Kaximu could not dodge, was soul‑seeded outright, then knelt and said: "I salute you, master."

"Very good. I will soon open a passage from here to the material plane, then you go to the Netherworld's Underworld Snake Clan to find their chieftain and follow his orders," Xiao En said indifferently.

Kaximu replied: "Yes."

Immediately, Xiao En led Kaximu to a weak spot in the plane's space; a massive gathering of Lord God's power formed a long sword that pierced straight through the space.

Xiao En glanced at Kaximu: "Go."

"Yes, master." Kaximu bowed and left at once.

Soon the spatial passage healed again.

"Finally found someone with six‑star demon strength; searching each of these countless material planes is truly exhausting," Xiao En sighed, then Lord God's power dissipated, returning to heaven and earth.

To provide the Underworld Snake Clan with enough combat power, he needs to soul‑seed a great number of six‑star and seven‑star ascended deities, but it is not convenient to use renowned masters from the divine plane directly;

After all, these beings are unlikely to risk everything to help the Underworld Snake Clan fight the Four Beast families; if too many are used, it becomes likely that others will discover they have been soul‑seeded, which could backfire on him. In this world, only he seems capable of such strong soul‑seeding ability.

Therefore, he needs many masters who have never existed on the divine plane; among the countless material planes, they are his chosen targets;

However, most of the best masters in dimensional prisons or on the material plane are merely ordinary ascended deities, which are of little use; after a long search, Xiao En finally found one of six‑star rank.

Beyond the turbulence of the Qingyuan plane's space, Xiao En's divine consciousness returned to his body and immediately locked onto another plane;

Lord God's time is infinite; as long as the information of the Supreme God's relic can be guarded, spending thousands or millions of years searching for masters on the material plane is irrelevant.

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(End of chapter)