Ashcroft Family

"Looks like the Mingshe Family bears a deep grudge against your Four Divine Beasts Family. They knew you had become a Paragon, yet they still dared to pull little tricks behind the scenes."

"The Ashcroft Family definitely isn't stupid. The Four Divine Beasts Family has an Overgod, and the current Ashcroft Family patriarch is a Sovereign's Emissary. Perhaps an Overgod is backing them as well."

Magnus reminded him.

"Could it be another Overgod targeting the Four Divine Beasts?"

Wyatt narrowed his eyes. Magnus's words were not without reason.

It seemed that there were truly more than one or two Overgods with designs on the Four Divine Beasts.

"Since you're going to the Netherworld anyway, you might as well visit the Ashcroft Family and see what's going on. If it were me, I'd hate having flies buzzing around my ears. Sometimes, it's necessary to swat a few flies to death. Besides, your Four Divine Beasts Family has so many members. If someone is scheming in secret, some talented individuals are bound to be lost."

Magnus voiced his opinion.

Wyatt had only decided to travel to the Netherworld not long ago.

His purpose was simple: the Netherworld Fruit of the Netherworld.

Long ago, Magnus had also been curious about the widely rumored Netherworld Fruit. As a Paragon, he had gone to Netherworld Mountain and picked one.

Although the Netherworld Fruit had astonishing effects, it was not as heaven-defying as the rumors claimed. It did not possess the absurd effect of allowing a deity to gain the strength of an Asura after consuming it.

According to Magnus, the Netherworld Fruit could temporarily improve a Divine Avatar's comprehension of the Laws. Put simply, it could temporarily raise that Divine Avatar's potential to a certain extent. The improvement was limited, and it only worked when a deity consumed their first Netherworld Fruit. Any further fruits would lose their effect.

Those capable of picking Netherworld Fruits from Netherworld Mountain were generally at least Seven-Star Devils, and there were even quite a few Asuras among them.

After some Seven-Star Devils stuck at a bottleneck consumed a Netherworld Fruit, their comprehension of the Laws might break through, allowing them to reach the strength of an Asura. That was how the saying that consuming a Netherworld Fruit could grant a deity the strength of an Asura had arisen.

Of course, Netherworld Fruits had no effect at all on Peak Asuras who were only a single step away from becoming Paragons.

Forget Netherworld Fruits—even Overgods, relying on endless power of faith, could not cross that final step. This showed just how difficult the final step in comprehending the Laws was.

Wyatt's Destruction Divine Avatar was only a Mid-God, merely one step away from becoming a High-God. By consuming a Netherworld Fruit and temporarily increasing the potential of his Destruction Mid-God Divine Avatar, he had a certain chance of breaking through.

That was why Wyatt had considered traveling to Netherworld Mountain in the Netherworld.

Apart from Wyatt's Lightning Paragon Divine Avatar, his other three Divine Avatars had been cultivating continuously within his body. Of those three, only his Destruction Divine Avatar had yet to reach the High-God level.

"Magnus, thank you for telling me all this."

Wyatt thanked Magnus.

"It's nothing. Given your status, investigating the Ashcroft Family and the Netherworld Fruit would be effortless for you. I merely lent a hand."

Magnus waved his hand and smiled unconcernedly.

The two chatted casually for a few more sentences before Magnus unexpectedly took his leave first.

Wyatt did not try to keep him. He had matters of his own to attend to as well.

This trip to the Heavenly Realm had been quite fruitful.

He had met a Paragon of the Heavenly Realm and obtained a Supreme God Token.

The only slight regret was that he had failed to repay the favor he owed.

The Netherworld, one of the four Supreme Planes, was controlled by seven Overgods of the Death element.

The Netherworld's structure differed somewhat from that of the other planes.

After dying, the souls of lifeforms below the divine level would all come to a region of the Netherworld called the Realm of the Dead, where they would transform into undead.

The undead of the Realm of the Dead constantly slaughtered and devoured one another. The brutality of the killing there was even more terrifying than in the Supreme Planes.

After becoming undead, one could still cultivate to the divine level. Once they became a deity, they could cultivate normally like other deities.

The Netherworld possessed an unimaginably vast continent, split in two by the Undead Holy Mountain at its center. The northern part of the continent was the so-called Realm of the Dead, while only the southern part could truly be considered the Netherworld where deities lived.

Unlike Hell's one hundred and eight prefectures, the Netherworld had only eighty-one prefectures.

Hell had a full seven teleportation arrays, but the Netherworld had only two.

The Sea of the Underworld was a vast ocean located in the southern part of the Netherworld.

Its area was equally astonishing. The entire Sea of the Underworld was larger than the combined area of all the seas of Hell.

"Splash, splash~~~"

Chilling seawater crashed against black reefs. The sky was dim, and the entire Sea of the Underworld resembled a ferocious beast that devoured people.

Cold winds blew in gusts. Even deities would feel their entire bodies turn icy beneath the sea breeze.

Seven Kill Island was a massive island located in the northern Sea of the Underworld, close to the Netherworld continent.

The island was covered in dense clusters of black buildings.

Seven Kill Island was the site of one of the Netherworld's Plane Teleportation Arrays.

The other Plane Teleportation Array was located atop the Undead Holy Mountain, at the border between the Realm of the Dead and the Netherworld.

"Move it! Behave yourselves! The Netherworld isn't a Material Plane. This isn't a place where you get to throw your weight around!"

At the center of Seven Kill Island stood several massive Plane Teleportation Arrays shaped like six-pointed stars.

Whenever the teleportation arrays lit up, figures with varying auras would emerge.

The overwhelming majority of these figures were Saints or Lower Gods from Material Planes.

Naturally, the Sovereign's army soldiers in pale white armor showed no pleasant expressions toward such people.

Many natives from Material Planes who had just arrived in the Netherworld could not stand the arrogant attitudes of the Sovereign's army, but their strength was insufficient, leaving them with no options.

Some foolish individuals had already been slapped into pulp by members of the Sovereign's army.

"Hm? It's the Plane Teleportation Array connected to the Heavenly Realm. Someone has come to the Netherworld from the Heavenly Realm!"

At that moment, the Plane Teleportation Array on Seven Kill Island connected to the Heavenly Realm suddenly lit up.

It was not hard to tell from the expressions of the Sovereign's army soldiers that visitors from other Supreme Planes were rare. A long time could pass without a single one appearing.

Under the gazes of many deities, the light from the teleportation array faded, revealing a handsome purple-haired youth in black robes before everyone.

"I was actually teleported to the Sea of the Underworld. What bad luck."

The youth frowned as he glanced at the silent, frigid ocean around him.

"A powerful expert!"

With just that one sentence from the youth, the Sovereign's army soldiers instantly judged his identity.

Knowing the general situation of the Netherworld, and traveling alone from the Heavenly Realm to the Netherworld through a Plane Teleportation Array—neither was easy for anyone but a powerful expert.

The youth who had arrived in the Netherworld was naturally Wyatt.

Wyatt had originally intended to go to Netherworld Mountain first and pick a Netherworld Fruit, but the Sea of the Underworld was extremely far from Netherworld Mountain.

"I remember that this Plane Teleportation Array in the Sea of the Underworld isn't far from the Ashcroft Family. In that case, I'll pay the Ashcroft Family a visit along the way. I want to see what these people have been plotting behind the scenes."

(End of Chapter)