Chapter 94: Journey to Hell and the Accidental Tale of Dan Ning Dun

Inside the great hall, Xiao En directly used his willpower to control the Lord God's power, sealing off the surrounding space, and immediately fired a soul attack.

The Mid-level God hit by the soul attack trembled and became confused; above, Xiao En continued probing the memories in the Mid-level God's mind.

After a while, opening his eyes, he turned his own confusion into a Soul Seed and transmitted his voice, asking, "Luo Ke, do you know who knows how the black short gun that Julian once wielded came to be?"

The person before him was exactly the one described by Bu Wei Te years ago, a member of the tribe where Nasier obtained the Supreme God relic.

Over the years, besides plotting to eliminate the person from the Four Beast Clan who knew about his acquisition of the short gun, he also dispatched many masters to the tribe's location to find those who were in the know.

However, that tribe was annihilated by Nasier and the Azure Dragon Clan; although a few slipped through, locating them proved extremely difficult, as they scattered to the far corners of the world and even into cities, leaving no trace.

Fortunately, he sent thirty Death Rule masters who could directly turn confused High Gods into Soul Seeds; after tens of thousands of years of painstakingly sifting for clues, they finally located a surviving member of that tribe, named Luo Ke.

Luo Ke replied, "Reporting, Master, I am not very familiar with Luo Ke myself; I only know he displayed great power when the tribe was annihilated, but over ten thousand years before our tribe's destruction, we organized many to venture into Hell, and Luo Ke was among them."

At other times, the tribe generally forbade members from leaving, except for occasional collective missions."

"Went to Hell?" Xiao En retorted, "The cost of going to Hell isn't low; what did your tribe go there for?"

For peak masters, the cost of crossing divine planes is negligible, but for ordinary High Gods, it's an extremely expensive fee—one teleport to another divine plane could buy a house in a regular city.

Luo Ke replied, "Reporting, Master, our tribe's chieftain started as a trader; he frequently traveled to other planes, engaging in buy‑low, sell‑high commerce;

And because the teleport array's rule allows one High God to bring multiple Mid-level Gods for free, many of our tribe's Mid-level Gods have the chance to accompany him to other divine planes, and in emergencies, a sufficient number of Mid-level Gods can be quite useful."

One hundred Mid-level Gods launching a single soul attack would overwhelm a typical High God, who could only dodge.

Therefore, for ordinary caravans, having a sufficient number of Mid-level Gods is better than none, though still weaker, since hiring many High God demons would be prohibitively costly.

Xiao En transmitted again, asking, "Then who among those who know Julian do you know? Anyone from your tribe?"

"Reporting, Master, I'm not very familiar," Luo Ke answered truthfully.

Xiao En said no more, waving his hand, "Fine, return now and try hard to recall any other tribe members or anyone who knows Julian; let me know if you remember."

The Death Rule's confusion can query memories, but only the momentary ones—the things the subject actually remembers.

Many details the subject previously ignored cannot be retrieved; therefore, some information might trigger a slow recollection, possibly yielding unexpected gains.

Yet this likelihood is low; divine‑level masters have strong memories, so what they can remember is likely already retained, with only rare cases of later recall.

"Very well, I will take my leave now," Luo Ke hurriedly bowed again and said.

After Luo Ke departed, Xiao En alone pondered above the great hall:

"So it seems the Supreme God relic was obtained in Hell," Xiao En mused, estimating that a Supreme God relic likely corresponds to its own supreme plane;

For example, each of the Four Rule Lords has completed the first four Supreme God missions, their attributes still matching, and the Fate Lord completed the second Fate Supreme God mission, albeit nominally granting his Lord God avatar Augusta;

However, in the original work, the Life Supreme God relics all appear in Hell, suggesting Fate is looking after Lin Lei.

Now the origin of this sixth Supreme God relic is known only to be Hell.

"Lei Si Bu." Xiao En's divine awareness spread, locking onto a Death Rule High God.

Lei Si Bu hurried over, bowing, "Master."

Those turned into Soul Seeds would normally kneel before their master, but the master now requires only a bow, and they may address him as Master or Sir.

Xiao En said, "I will go to Hell, and you will come with me, but on this side of the Underworld, continue searching for members of the Sunset Tribe at any cost; whoever finds a single person, I will reward them with a drop of Lord God's power."

Even those he has turned into Soul Seeds receive appropriate rewards to stimulate their initiative; with benefits, they will work harder;

After all, as his subordinates, he sometimes must grant them Lord God's power; otherwise, if a master is killed abroad, he would have to expend effort to find another master for Soul Seeding—such idle Seven-Star Death Rule masters are hard to locate even in the Underworld, and he cannot casually Soul Seed people of major forces.

Lei Si Bu eagerly replied, "Thank you, Master."

"Let's go, prepare the Metal Life," Xiao En said indifferently.

Hell, Blood Peak Continent, Iron Knife Territory:

A teleport array over a hundred meters in diameter flashed, and two silhouettes appeared within it, both emanating gray‑black divine energy, their features indecipherable to outsiders;

"High God?" the Mid-level God chief soldier guarding the array could not sense the two inside, and quickly stood up;

Those capable of inter‑plane travel are either wealthy merchants or super masters.

"Is this Iron Knife Territory, a domain of the Blood Peak Continent?"

Within the array, one of the two murmured, then its figure flickered and vanished outright;

"What a speed—this is definitely stronger than a Seven-Star Demon?"

"Could it be an Asura from another plane?"

"Its divine power appears Death‑aligned; could it be from the Underworld?"

"It's possible, but not certain; other planes also have Death Rule masters, and I, the lord of the Azure Mansion of the Blood Peak Continent, am a Death Rule Asura myself."

The Lord God soldiers discussed in waves; being beings of unfathomable ages—trillions of years—they found guarding the array extremely dull, so the occasional arrival of a super master gave them much to talk about.

Compared to others, their chances of encountering a master were much higher, and as Lord God soldiers they were absolutely safe.

Tens of thousands of li beyond Iron Knife Territory, Xiao En and Lei Si Bu hovered in the high skies above a massive mountain range.

"Master, where shall we go next?" Lei Si Bu asked.

"Where?" Xiao En admitted, genuinely a bit bewildered;

Even if his Lord God avatar could appear on a divine plane, how could he search for an unknown Supreme God relic?

Lei Si Bu, seeing his master silent, dared not press further, and Xiao En said, "Just wander around; when we reach a city, we can investigate."

With no clear direction, they could only roam aimlessly; finding a Supreme God relic relies on chance, and often effort alone is futile.

In the Pan-Dragon Universe, whether chance is predetermined by the Primordial Void is unknown; nevertheless, Lin Lei's luck in the original work was extraordinary, while Ao Fu epitomized relentless effort, fighting his whole life only to be defeated by Lin Lei's fortune.

Lei Si Bu naturally asked no further, saying, "Yes, Master, the largest city nearby is Snow Cloud City, the capital of Snow Cloud Prefecture on the Blood Peak Continent, about 300 million li from here."

"Then we'll take our time getting there," Xiao En said calmly.

All members of the Four Beast Clan who knew he possessed the mysterious short gun were exterminated; the only one, Bu Wei Te, was Soul‑Seeded by him and placed in the material plane where his Lord God avatar resides, leaving no risk of discovery.

That means Aofu cannot obtain the supreme physical-defense divine artifact; as long as he isn't invincible, being restrained by the other three rule sovereigns would also be a good thing for me.

As for other Supreme God relics and Supreme God mirrors, they can be sought slowly;

Along the way, the Metal Life's speed was not very fast; after all, travel was considered and it wasn't large, so it attracted numerous bandit assaults.

In response, Shawn deliberately intervened many times himself, using it to specifically hone his Bright Law; although the Bright God's avatar is the weakest, even a slight improvement in a feeble avatar is beneficial.

Likewise, he is attempting to fuse the exotic mysteries of Light, Death and Life, and if he makes a breakthrough, the Lord God's avatar will also gain a modest increase.

At this stage, even a tiny breakthrough is extremely difficult, may require billions of years, and is not guaranteed to succeed.

Within a metal lifeform, about ten million li from Snow Cloud City, Shawn, watching the countless mountains below, suddenly sensed a massive energy fluctuation nearby, which caused the spaceship to halt instantly.

Countless destructive Lord God powers coalesced into a human silhouette that appeared before Shawn.

Shawn rose, bowed, and said, "Greetings, Lord God."

The Lord God ahead laughed, "Shawn, why have you come to my Blood Peak Continent?"

Shawn replied, "Lord God, I am merely traveling from the Underworld to Hell; this first stop is the Blood Peak Continent."

"Ha ha, fine, that makes us fated," the Blood Peak Lord God laughed, "If you have time, come to Linked Cloud Lake at the center of the Blood Peak Continent; I reside there."

Regarding the Great Perfection between Heaven and Earth, Lord Gods still show respect; under normal circumstances they treat each other as equals, especially the envoys of other Sovereigns.

For a Sovereign, a Great Perfection Ascendant God may wield greater influence than an ordinary Lord God, since a Sovereign can perform what a Lord God can, and a Lord God may serve multiple Sovereigns; however, regarding the Great Perfection, several Sovereigns lack such envoys.

Shawn hurriedly said, "Alright, let me visit Snow Cloud City first, then I'll go to Linked Cloud Lake to see the Lord God."

For any Lord God, the Great Perfection is a matter of face; even if one already possesses Sovereign combat power, mutual visits among Lord Gods are routine, since only a few dozen beings share the same rank between Heaven and Earth, and flaunting it would make one truly solitary.

"Ha ha, fine, I'll wait for you," the Blood Peak Lord God said, and a massive amount of destructive Lord God power dispersed.

Shawn watched the vanishing Lord God power without concern; his own Great Perfection is evident everywhere, and whenever a Lord God idly scans his domain and spots a Great Perfection, he may appear to chat.

After all, even a Lord God might someday need to call upon the Great Perfection, and to do so—especially when backed by a Sovereign—Lord God power alone is insufficient; connections are required.

After the Blood Peak Lord God departed, the metal lifeform continued onward; ten days later, the two arrived at Snow Cloud City and proceeded straight to its Demon Castle.

"I am a Seven-Star Demon of the Underworld," Resbu said, immediately displaying his badge.

The Demon Castle liaison was startled, took the demon badge, couldn't verify it at once, hurried to fetch others, and after a while returned, immediately flattering, "What is it you wish to investigate, sir?"

Resbu glanced at Shawn beside him, prompting the liaison to immediately sense that this person held a higher status.

Shawn said, "Show me all recent data on large‑scale slaughter in Hell; preferably with visual echoes, but if none, provide written descriptions."

During this journey he pondered for a long time and finally settled on a seemingly viable method: tracking the traces of large‑scale slaughter.

From Buweit he learned that when Nasir first obtained the mysterious short gun, he was also controlled by murderous aura to slaughter many, and his peak Asura plus three‑system mutated soul was nearly affected by the aura.

Ordinary people who acquire other Supreme God relics might likewise trigger slaughter, since they are destructive Supreme God relics, and destruction signifies killing.

However, in Hell, slaughter is so commonplace that it's hard to pinpoint a Supreme God relic as the cause; one would need to fish a needle from the sea, looking for especially outrageous cases, such as a mid‑tier god or a weak Ascendant god slaughtering many experts, which would be plausible.

The Demon Castle staff showed a troubled expression, "Sir, there are too many such incidents; much of the data isn't in our city. If you truly need it, we must gather it from Demon Castles on other continents and even oceans."

"You need not worry about the money," Shawn said indifferently.

At that moment, an elder approached, smiling, "Which Seven-Star Demon of the Underworld has arrived?"

Following the voice, Shawn glanced without paying attention; the others immediately rose, bowed, and said, "Greetings, Castle Lord."

The elder Castle Lord, upon seeing Shawn, froze for a moment, then hurried forward, bowed, and said, "Honored to meet you, Mr. Shawn."

The others, seeing the super‑expert Seven-Star Demon in their midst bow to them, were astonished, wondering if this person was an Asura.

Shawn, using divine power to warp space, smiled lightly and asked, "Do you know me?"

The elder hurriedly replied, "Lord Shawn, I am Labulei, a Seven-Star Demon of Snow Cloud City's Demon Castle, serving as Castle Lord. In the last planar battlefield passage I was a foot soldier, and I was honored to witness the duel between Lord Shawn and Lord Magnus."

"Oh, I see," Shawn nodded.

That great battle was witnessed by many, and consequently known by many; even without such events, once the Great Perfection is exposed, peak experts will gradually learn his appearance.

In this timeless universe, any information can spread; it depends on whether ordinary people pay attention.

Labulei simultaneously transmitted to his subordinates; upon learning Shawn's request, he said, "Mr. Shawn, I will do my utmost to fulfill your request, but gathering data from other continents and oceans will take time, and you may need to wait several decades."

"A few decades is fine; I also need time to study the Blood Peak Continent data," Shawn said nonchalantly.

When it concerns Supreme God relics, even those he has sired will keep it secret; he will investigate these matters himself, and a slow search will only take a few hundred to a thousand years.

Labulei smiled, "Very well, I will arrange a castle outside the city for you; once the data arrives, I will deliver it personally."

"Agreed, I will give you the corresponding price," Shawn nodded in agreement.

Peak experts actually dislike living in cities, because if a lower‑rank god berates them, they cannot kill him, cannot even punish him, only exchange insults.

Thus city lords, manor lords, and many idle masters prefer to reside outside the city, holding the life‑and‑death authority over those around them in a single thought; this is the lifestyle a peak master should have.

Labulei quickly replied, "You jest, sir; serving the Great Perfection in this matter is my honor."

"Fine, if I locate my target, I will give you a drop of destructive Lord God power," Shawn added.

Even though the other party is willing to serve him, he does not wish to owe such a favor; with a reward of Lord God power, the other will be highly motivated and may deliver even more data to help him find what he seeks.

In any case, Lord God power is insignificant to him; even if it isn't from a Lord God, it's the same.

"Thank you, Mr. Shawn," Labulei exclaimed happily;

He doesn't care about money, but Lord God power? Even an Asura or a Lord God envoy couldn't ignore it.

Hundreds of years later, atop a mountain outside Snow Cloud City, within a palace, Shawn was individually querying various data and visual echoes;

In Hell, slaughter is abundant, but none of it is what he seeks.

Suddenly, beside a visual echo he saw a line of text: 'Sea of Chaos Seven-Star Demon Dannington's duel with Hyril visual echo.'

"Dannington?" Shawn's face showed a hint of surprise; could it be the Great Perfection from the ancient Panlong history?

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