"Could it be that divine beasts haven't appeared in the Material Planes yet?"
Roger speculated inwardly.
If only a few Lowgods had no records of divine beasts in their memories, that could have been a coincidence.
But the memories of dozens of Lowgods had all been the same.
That left Roger no choice but to consider this possibility.
"Is it because divine beasts can become gods so easily, but the Material Planes don't even have teleportation arrays yet, so divine beasts haven't appeared..."
"But that doesn't make sense either. Even if divine beasts in the Material Planes became gods, they could simply stay there."
Roger's mind worked swiftly. Countless conjectures surfaced at every instant, only for many of them to be rejected.
Finally.
After a long period of reasoning.
A realization suddenly dawned on Roger. "Could Hongmeng be doing this to give ordinary life, such as humans and ordinary magical beasts, room to grow?"
After ruling out countless possibilities.
This was the only explanation Roger could come up with.
After all, the Material Planes had been the first to appear.
The Higher Planes, such as the Netherworld, had appeared later and already given rise to all kinds of divine beasts. There was no reason for the Material Planes to have none.
The only explanation was that Hongmeng wouldn't allow it!
Naturally, divine beasts had yet to appear in the Material Planes.
"In that case, it looks like the Material Planes are still relatively peaceful."
For ordinary life in the Material Planes, even reaching Sanctuary was extraordinarily difficult, let alone becoming a god. Who knew how long it would take for a single Lowgod to emerge?
That also explained why so few Lowgods in the Undead Realm had come from the Material Planes.
The Material Planes currently had no magic, and even battle aura might still have been very crude.
Naturally, very few humans could cultivate to Sanctuary.
Those magical beasts actually had more of an advantage in cultivation.
Without divine beasts whose strength towered above everyone else's, the entire plane was naturally relatively peaceful.
That also gave ordinary life, such as humans, room to reproduce and evolve.
To verify this conjecture.
Roger took Mia and Shelly farther into the Undead Realm.
Whenever they encountered a Lowgod along the way, he searched their soul.
Decades passed, and Roger and the others reached the edge of the Undead Realm, arriving at the Nether Sea.
Roger finally confirmed his earlier conjecture.
"The Material Planes really are still peaceful. Perhaps once the teleportation arrays appear, all those strange divine beasts and powerful special life forms will begin to emerge."
Roger suddenly thought of the Bula race, into which Orloff had been born.
Although the Bula had no innate divine ability, they did possess innate talents. After reaching Highgod, their natural physical defenses could withstand attacks from a Seven-Star Demon. They also had an innate secret technique that could split their consciousness into two people with completely opposite personalities.
One could say.
On the surface, the Bula's innate talents might not compare to those of super divine beasts.
But in terms of long-term cultivation.
The Bula had an extremely high ceiling.
And most importantly.
Orloff had definitely been born in a Material Plane!
In other words.
The current point in the timeline could be pushed back even farther.
Given the strength the Bula had displayed.
It was quite possible that Orloff hadn't even been born yet!
"If Orloff hasn't appeared, then the Four Divine Beasts probably haven't either. Or even if they have, they might still be very weak."
Roger couldn't help speculating, though he had no way to be certain.
"Ultimately, I'll have to go and see for myself."
Roger looked in the direction of the Undead Sacred Mountain.
There.
A teleportation array would appear-the only teleportation array on the Netherworld Continent.
Deep in the Nether Sea, however, there was another teleportation array.
Roger planned to explore the depths of the Nether Sea before returning to the Undead Sacred Mountain. He would then have his death clone and wind clone remain there to cultivate until the teleportation array appeared!
"Master, the Nether Sea is up ahead. Are we going there?"
Mia asked as she gazed at the boundless sea ahead.
"We've come this far. Of course we're going to take a look."
"All right, then..."
Without needing to be told, Mia returned to her divine beast form.
Roger and Shelly climbed onto her back. Mia then burst into full speed, flying toward the depths of the Nether Sea.
"Hehe, little sister Mia, you're so fast! Without you, it would have taken us more than twice as long to get here from the Undead Sacred Mountain."
Shelly marveled at the scenery flashing past. Although she barely qualified as a super divine beast.
She fell far short of Mia in both physical strength and speed.
Naturally, they could only trouble Mia with the burden of carrying them.
As for Roger.
Although he had broken through to Highgod in the Laws of Wind over the years, and could match Mia's normal traveling speed if he went all out.
Constantly using his divine power at such intensity to travel was still exhausting.
His wind clone wouldn't be able to spare any attention for cultivation, either.
So the burden of carrying them still had to fall to Mia.
On her broad back.
Roger sat quietly with his legs crossed.
As always, his original body drew in divine power to supply the Jade Disc.
His wind clone continued fusing the sixth profound mystery.
His death clone spread his divine sense, exploring their surroundings while continuing to comprehend deeper aspects of the Edict.
Having reached the level of a Six-Star Demon in the Death Edict, Roger was now more or less comprehending the "third layer" of a thousand-layer cake.
Once he fully comprehended this layer.
He could enter the fourth layer and reach a level comparable to a Seven-Star Demon.
After all these years of dedicated cultivation, Roger was already very close to that step.
It had to be said.
The Jade Disc truly provided an enormous boost to his comprehension.
Over the years, Roger had hardly encountered any bottlenecks in the Death Edict. His cultivation had progressed naturally to the peak of the Six-Star Demon level.
One more step would bring him to the Seven-Star Demon level.
The Nether Sea stretched without end.
Although the ocean had given rise to many creatures, including quite a few at Sanctuary and god levels.
Most belonged to ordinary races and offered little research value.
Roger had dissected and studied some at first, but gradually stopped wasting time on them.
He only took action when his soul senses detected something unusual about a creature.
In the blink of an eye, several more decades passed.
The three had reached the far depths of the Nether Sea.
"Master, there's a small island ahead. Shall we take a look?"
Mia suddenly spoke.
"Go ahead. Even small islands are rare this deep in the Nether Sea. It's not often we get to see one."
Whoosh!
At his words, Mia immediately accelerated toward the island.
A day later.
The three landed on the island.
Although it was called a small island.
It still covered several hundred thousand square li.
Yet in the vast depths of the Nether Sea, it looked like a tiny fallen jewel.
"There seem to be others ahead. Let's take a look."
Spreading his divine sense, Roger detected two living beings several thousand meters away.
More precisely, they were two divine beasts.
And neither had become a god.
Both were over a hundred meters in size.
One resembled a turtle, while the other resembled a crab.
"Outsiders are coming?"
The turtle-like divine beast spoke in a muffled voice. "Should we run? They seem pretty strong."
"Run for what? We're not even adults yet. If they've become gods, we're too slow to escape anyway. We might as well stay here quietly," the crab-like divine beast said leisurely as it lay sunbathing on the beach.
"Haha, you've got a point."
Hearing that, the turtle promptly lay down and exposed its belly to the sunlight, looking even more relaxed than the crab.
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