Heading to the Infernal Realm, the Four Divine Beasts as They Were

"The Teleportation Arrays!"

Roger's wind clone stared fixedly at the Teleportation Arrays taking shape.

This was a true wonder of heaven and earth. If he missed it now, he might not see it again until the Seven Divine Planes formed.

"Master, what's happening?"

Sensing the disturbance, Mia and the others quickly flew over.

"Don't speak. Just watch quietly," Roger said, raising a hand to silence them.

Hiss, hiss, hiss...

At last.

The three enormous Teleportation Arrays finished forming, and the vast, far-reaching fluctuations faded away.

Roger approached the Teleportation Arrays.

He studied them curiously.

A huge stone stood before each Teleportation Array, inscribed with several strangely shaped characters.

As Roger spread his divine sense over them, he naturally understood that the arrays behind the three stones led to the other three Higher Planes: the Infernal Realm, the Celestial Realm, and the Life Divine Realm.

Simply stepping into the corresponding Teleportation Array would transport him to that plane.

There's actually no option to travel to a Material Plane, Roger thought with a quiet sigh. But the Seven Divine Planes haven't even appeared yet. Keeping us from entering the Material Planes and upsetting their balance does seem reasonable.

Roger did not dwell on it. Even if he could travel to a Material Plane now, he had nowhere to go.

"Master, are these Teleportation Arrays? And there are actually three other planes in existence?"

Mia's astonished voice rang out.

"Yes. I don't know what's special about the worlds beyond these Teleportation Arrays, so I'm going to explore one of them. Mia, come with me."

"Shelly, you and Bell will stay here. Until I return, no one is allowed to leave through the Teleportation Arrays without permission. If anyone comes out of them, restrain them if you can. If they're too powerful for you to handle, simply let them leave."

Roger spoke seriously.

"Yes, Master!"

"Good. Mia, come with me."

Taking Mia along, Roger walked straight toward the Teleportation Array leading to the Infernal Realm.

As they entered the Teleportation Array, the hexagram beneath their feet lit up.

As the light faded, Roger felt space and time shift around him.

When his surroundings came into view again.

Roger stepped out of the Teleportation Array.

He looked up at the sky.

A cold, sickle-shaped purple moon hung in the night sky, casting a hazy, eerie purple glow.

Not far away.

The sound of waves rolled toward them.

He spread his divine sense over the huge stone before the Teleportation Array.

Then he drew on his memories of the original story.

Roger realized that he and Mia had arrived at Mirror Moon Cliff, in the region that would later be named the Zijing Continent.

The Sovereigns had yet to appear, so the Infernal Realm's seven continents had naturally not been named yet.

Fortunately, Roger knew that the Four Divine Beasts had been born in the Skyrite Mountains.

Although the Skyrite Mountains were not as extraordinary as Nether Mountain, they were still a landmark in the Infernal Realm.

With some effort, they should not be difficult to find.

As for what he would do now?

Naturally, he would use the Teleportation Arrays again, repeating the journey until he reached the Blood Peak Continent, where the Skyrite Mountains lay.

"Mia, keep teleporting with me."

Roger took Mia with him, this time choosing the Teleportation Array leading to the Celestial Realm.

After another shift in space and time, the two arrived safely in the Celestial Realm.

Roger only stayed briefly, however. He had Mia perform Soul Search on a few unfortunate Lowgods and Midgods to gather some information, then stepped into the Teleportation Array leading to the Infernal Realm.

His luck was still poor this time. They arrived at the Star Mist Sea...

Roger then teleported back and forth several more times, having Mia use Soul Search each time.

Only on the seventh attempt did they finally reach the Blood Peak Continent and learn the direction of the Skyrite Mountains through Soul Search!

Good thing I brought Mia along this time.

Roger silently counted himself lucky. It was his wind clone that had come to the Infernal Realm. Although it had reached the level of a Peak Asura, it could not perform Soul Search.

Mia, who cultivated the death edict and had now reached the level of a Six-Star Devil, could easily perform Soul Search on Midgods and Lowgods.

That saved Roger a great deal of time.

Once they had confirmed their direction.

Roger took Mia along and flew straight toward the Skyrite Mountains.

Only after the two had completely disappeared.

Did the trembling Deities around the Teleportation Arrays finally venture toward them.

Then, driven by curiosity, they teleported to the other three planes one after another.

With Roger's wind clone, which excelled at speed, leading the way, he and Mia spent three years crossing billions of li.

Finally, after using Soul Search along the way and constantly correcting their course, they arrived at the Skyrite Mountains!

"Master, we're here."

Mia gazed at the peaks ahead, which seemed to pierce the heavens.

Every peak here was astonishingly tall, none shorter than the Undead Sacred Mountain.

"No wonder this became a landmark. The Skyrite Mountains really are unusual. Let's take a look inside."

Roger waved a hand, and wind divine power surged as he carried Mia deeper into the mountains.

His wind clone was not skilled in matters of the soul, so even if he found the Four Divine Beasts, he naturally could not enslave their souls.

Roger planned to learn about the Four Divine Beasts' current situation as quickly as possible, then wait for his death clone to finish exploring Nether Mountain.

If he determined that there was a chance of successfully enslaving the Four Divine Beasts, his death clone would head straight to the Infernal Realm.

If there was no chance of enslaving them, Roger's wind clone could only return to the Netherworld and seek other opportunities.

The Skyrite Mountains covered a vast area.

Even though the soul of Roger's wind clone was ten times stronger than an ordinary Highgod's.

The range of his divine sense remained very limited.

Mia proved extremely useful once again.

In the Infernal Realm of this era.

Highgods were still very rare.

Throughout their journey, the two had detected only a few dozen Highgods with their divine senses.

Thus, the vast majority of those in the Skyrite Mountains were Lowgods and Midgods.

With Mia's strength, she could easily perform Soul Search on these Deities.

And so.

By gathering information efficiently through Soul Search.

Before long.

Roger set his sights on the depths of the Skyrite Mountains.

There.

Lived four divine beasts!

Mia had obtained this information after performing Soul Search on a Midgod who cultivated the dark laws and excelled at concealment.

The memories of this dark Midgod left no doubt that those four divine beasts were still only Midgods!

Their innate divine abilities were terrifying, however, enough that even ordinary Highgods could not withstand them.

In his memories, this Midgod had once hidden in the distance and witnessed more than one Highgod being slain by those terrifying innate divine abilities.

As expected, although the Four Divine Beasts are supreme divine beasts and were born during this early period of creation, their talent for cultivation clearly isn't top-tier. It's perfectly normal that they've only reached the Midgod level.

Roger thought to himself, In that case, my death clone can absolutely try to enslave the Four Divine Beasts!

Suppressing his excitement, Roger did not rashly venture deeper into the mountains. Instead, he settled down with Mia on the outskirts of the Skyrite Mountains and quietly monitored the Four Divine Beasts' movements.