Undead Sacred Mountain

At that thought...

Roger's excitement began to burn.

He had known he would arrive early in the timeline after transmigrating, but he had never imagined it would be this early!

"The Netherworld itself probably hasn't existed for long. Otherwise, something as important as teleportation arrays couldn't possibly be missing."

Roger rose and paced around the room. "In that case, I should head out and explore as soon as possible. Ideally, I'll find the Undead Sacred Mountain, so once the teleportation arrays appear, I can reach the Skyrite Mountains on the Blood Peak Continent in the Infernal Realm as quickly as possible."

Thinking back to his plan to enslave the Four Divine Beasts, Roger suddenly felt it was becoming increasingly feasible.

"Then I'll focus on cultivating for now and try to get either my wind clone or my water clone to the Highgod level as soon as possible."

After settling his affairs, Roger returned to the secluded chamber to continue cultivating.

"For the Laws of Wind, I still haven't fully mastered wind space or the sound profound mystery. For the water law, only the ice edge profound mystery remains. I'll have my original body help my water clone comprehend it."

Roger made his decision at once.

He was racing against time now and had little choice.

Besides, if his water clone broke through first, the water law's defensive strengths would make it well suited to guarding Netherlo City.

Within the Ocean of Laws...

Roger's consciousness sank into the depths of the water law as he continually worked out how to achieve a breakthrough in the ice edge profound mystery.

With his original body joining in, his progress immediately accelerated.

Moreover, the ice edge profound mystery was only an intermediate profound mystery.

So even without inspiration, Roger spent several years relying on his powerful soul and comprehension to force his understanding all the way to full mastery!

Buzzz!

The familiar Laws of Heaven and Earth descended once again.

His water clone floated into the air beyond his control.

A short while later...

Having completed its transformation, his water clone landed.

"As expected, my water clone reached the Highgod level first. Then I'll leave it here to guard the city."

After the breakthrough...

Roger did not rush to leave seclusion. He remained in the chamber while his water clone absorbed vast quantities of water-element Highgod power and consumed large numbers of Soul Gold Beads, fully stabilizing its new level.

Only then did Roger emerge and summon Allen.

Over the years, Allen had also broken through to the Midgod level. With the Highgod Artifact Roger had given him and the Midgod he had bound by contract...

Allen's strength could not be underestimated either.

Together with his relationship with Roger, that put his influence in Netherlo City firmly in second place. Allen was also responsible for handling many affairs, both large and small.

Thus, after Roger left, his water clone could continue cultivating and only needed to appear for major matters. Everything else could remain in Allen's hands.

"Roger, even your water clone has reached the Highgod level. That speed... tsk, tsk."

Allen looked at Roger's water clone, which he had left out in the open, with nothing but envy in his eyes.

"Haha, keep working hard, Allen. The Highgod level isn't far off for you either."

Roger laughed.

Over the years, Mia had helped refine Soul Gold Beads, while Netherlo City's sphere of influence had continued to expand.

Collecting Sanctuary souls had become easy, so Mia had refined a great many Soul Gold Beads.

Naturally, Allen had no shortage of Soul Gold Beads, and he could also trade for other items that aided cultivation.

By now, Allen had fully comprehended three earth profound mysteries and gained an initial understanding of two of the other three. Only the earth pulse profound mystery remained completely beyond him.

He only needed to cultivate diligently for a while longer. A breakthrough to the Highgod level truly was not far away.

"Come on, I know my own talent, Roger. You don't need to comfort me." Allen was quite easygoing about it. "Without all the resources you've given me, I'd have thanked my lucky stars if I ever reached the Midgod level."

"Don't lose heart. As long as you keep cultivating, you'll always make progress. You can also start trying to fuse profound mysteries now."

When it came to his brother, Roger never spared any effort in offering guidance and help.

"Hehe, I know, Roger. You don't need to keep telling me..." Allen scratched his head.

Rather than the tedium of cultivation, he preferred managing things. Watching Netherlo City grow stronger day by day made him even happier than increasing his own strength.

"Well, just remember not to neglect your cultivation." Seeing his reaction, Roger said no more on the subject. "I didn't call you here to lecture you anyway. I wanted to tell you that I plan to leave Netherlo City soon and take Mia on a journey around the Netherworld."

"As for my water clone, which just broke through, I'll leave it here to guard the city. Don't worry. It has already fused three profound mysteries, enough to handle all sorts of dangers."

"A journey around the Netherworld..." A look of longing appeared on Allen's face. "If Netherlo City weren't still expanding, I'd want to go adventuring with you."

Besides enjoying power, Allen also yearned for an exciting life!

"There's no hurry. You're only a Midgod right now, so traveling around the Netherworld would still be dangerous. Stay here for now. Once you become a Highgod, I'll consider taking you along."

Roger felt like laughing at Allen's dejected expression.

Although the Netherworld had only recently come into existence and Highgods were still scarce...

There was no telling where a hidden expert or two might be lurking, or perhaps a super divine beast.

Mia was one such example.

If she had already reached the Highgod level when he first encountered her...

Roger would have been in danger...

"All right, then. I wish you both a smooth journey. Powerful experts seem to be emerging much faster in the Netherworld now. Getting out there and adventuring should help improve your strength too, Roger."

Allen had clearly noticed this while gathering intelligence over the years.

Fortunately, Roger's strength had grown even faster.

Over the years, troublemakers had occasionally appeared in the city, and an expert or two had sometimes come from outside to challenge him.

Roger had easily subdued them all.

That had also greatly boosted Netherlo City's reputation, drawing more and more tribes to join it.

"Then I'll leave Netherlo City in your hands." Roger patted Allen's shoulder. "I'll return once we've finished our travels. If anything comes up in the meantime, you can speak to my water clone."

After making arrangements with Allen...

Late one night...

Roger left Netherlo City with Mia and flew southeast.

Judging by the wealth of information gathered over the years...

The Undead Sacred Mountain was most likely in that direction.

After all, the place was far too distinctive to mistake.

It was a mountain tens of thousands of meters tall, bone-white from top to bottom.

There was nothing else like it in the Netherworld.

So although Netherlo City was far from the Undead Sacred Mountain...

Roger had still managed to establish its direction through word of mouth.

"Master, flying yourself is too tiring. Let me return to my true form, and you can ride on my back."

Mia suddenly spoke.

"Sure. We'll travel faster that way."

Roger did not stand on ceremony.

Although he had fused several profound mysteries of the Laws of Wind, including the speed profound mystery...

His wind clone was still only a Midgod, after all. Its disadvantage in divine power meant it was not particularly fast.

Although Mia cultivated the death edict...

She was a super divine beast.

After she reached the Highgod level, the strength of her divine body alone had naturally grown to far surpass that of a Highgod Artifact.

With a divine body like that, even though the death edict did not specialize in speed, Mia was still much faster than Roger's Midgod wind clone.