Chapter Summaries

Shen Ye faced Di Lin and revealed that his fire magic, Divine Domain resistance, and Fire Body Technique let him challenge the peak Lowgod. The battle ended with Di Lin wounded and unable to find a way to defeat him.

• Di Lin arrived to protect his three Six-Eyed Golden Kirin sons and recognized that Shen Ye had nearly fused three profound mysteries, despite having no divine power.
• Di Lin praised Shen Ye's talent, then declared that he had to kill him for the future of magical beasts; Shen Ye answered by filling the sky with fireballs.
• Di Lin swallowed Shen Ye's fireballs three times, then used his Divine Domain to suppress Shen Ye.
• Shen Ye resisted the Divine Domain with power drawn from the Profound God Power and unleashed another rain of fireballs, injuring Di Lin in his Suanni form.
• Di Lin charged Shen Ye and used his innate ability, but Shen Ye escaped into a distant fireball with the Fire Body Technique, leaving Di Lin unable to find a way to defeat him.

Shen Ye overcame Di Lin’s Magic-Sealing Formation by fighting with his staff, beheaded the divine beast, and drew the attention of a Ten-Winged Fallen Angel. As the Midgod prepared to seize him for the Dark Dominator, Shen Ye began breaking through to godhood.

• Di Lin activated a Magic-Sealing Formation over the Fenlai Royal Capital, cutting Saint Domain mages off from magical elements.
• Shen Ye used his enhanced physical strength and staff technique to beat Di Lin despite the formation, then severed his head when Di Lin used Heaven Swallowing.
• Di Lin survived, fled with his three sons, and was caught outside the formation by a Ten-Winged Fallen Angel.
• The Fallen Angel revealed he had come for Shen Ye and intended to offer the Saint Domain prodigy to the Dark Dominator.
• Shen Ye decided to stop suppressing his strength, and the Laws of Heaven and Earth descended as he began becoming a god.

Shen Ye became a Midgod and killed the fallen angel with one fireball, then forced Di Lin to submit and ordered him to destroy the Dark Church. News of Shen Ye’s power spread across the Yulan Continent, and Beirut began investigating how Shen Ye had resisted the Divine Domain while still in Saint Domain form.

• Shen Ye chose to become a god within his body and immediately advanced from Lowgod to Midgod, shocking the fallen angel and Di Lin.
• Shen Ye killed the fallen angel with a single fireball and took his dark divine spark.
• Di Lin knelt and offered to serve Shen Ye, who branded his soul and ordered him to destroy the Dark Church.
• Usenno offered the Fenlai Kingdom to Shen Ye, while Linley vowed to destroy the Radiant Church himself.
• News of Shen Ye’s breakthrough spread across the continent, frightening the War God and prompting Beirut to investigate how Shen Ye had resisted the Divine Domain.

Beirut visited Shen Ye and revealed the Tomb of Gods, urging him to remain on Yulan Continent for the opportunity it would offer. After learning Shen Ye could borrow Profound God Power and hearing how he obtained it, Beirut became impressed by his talent and character but decided to wait and see whether Shen Ye or Qinghuo reached Grand Perfection first.

• Beirut appeared in Shen Ye's cultivation chamber, introduced himself, and warned him not to leave for the Seven Divine Planes and Four Supreme Planes.
• Beirut told Shen Ye that the Tomb of Gods would open in just over twenty years and that he could help Shen Ye pursue its treasures, including a Main Divine Artifact.
• Beirut asked how Shen Ye had resisted the divine realm, and Shen Ye showed him a green droplet of Profound God Power while asking him not to disturb the person connected to it.
• Shen Ye explained that he could borrow Profound God Power using a soul secret technique and recounted finding it in the Coiling Dragon Ring seven years earlier.
• Beirut praised Shen Ye's talent and principles, then decided to wait to see whether Shen Ye or Qinghuo reached Grand Perfection first.

Shen Ye learned that the Cemetery of the Gods was about to open and prepared to enter with Di Lin and Ymir. At the gathering before the expedition, Beirut revealed the powerful creatures guarding the tomb, while the other divine experts realized Shen Ye might face the Twelve-winged Angel.

• Shen Ye agreed to enter the Cemetery of the Gods with Di Lin and Ymir, and told Ymir that Linley would also be there.
• Shen Ye arrived at Beirut's castle, where Linley and the other gathered Saint-level experts greeted his return.
• Beirut explained that the Divine Beast Bashe guarded the first eleven levels and that even the divine experts could not defeat him.
• Beirut revealed that a Twelve-winged Angel, a Highgod, guarded the final seven levels, alarming the War God, the High Priest, and Hisse.
• The three divine experts worried that Shen Ye would venture deeper into the tomb and encounter the Twelve-winged Angel.

Shen Ye entered the Cemetery of the Gods and fought the Twelve-Winged Divine Angel on the Light Element Plane. Their battle shook multiple floors, while Beirut marveled at Shen Ye’s rapid progress and mastery of the Laws of Fire.

• Beirut led Shen Ye, Di Lin, and the others through a spatial gate to the Cemetery of the Gods, where Shen Ye entered alone and appeared on the Wind Element Plane.
• Shen Ye asked the others whether they would follow him, then engulfed the Wind Element Plane in flames, annihilating its wind elementals as he advanced through the floors.
• On the Light Element Plane, the Twelve-Winged Divine Angel mistook Shen Ye for a subordinate of Beirut and attacked him with Light Judgment.
• Shen Ye countered with Wrath of Heaven’s Burning, drew divine power from the Elemental Ocean, and met the angel’s charge head-on, shaking the Cemetery of the Gods with their clash.
• O'Brien, Catherine, and Hisse felt the battle’s tremors several floors below, while the Ba Serpent feared the power of the fighters.
• Beirut watched from the Void Turbulence and remarked that Shen Ye’s progress and application of the laws nearly matched Azurefire’s.

Shen Ye cleared the Cemetery of the Gods, killed its Twelve-Winged Divine Angel, and received a Main Divine Artifact from Beirut. Ten years later, Linley emerged as a god, and Beirut sent the survivors home while planning a surprise for the peaceful Yulan Continent.

• Shen Ye crushed the Twelve-Winged Divine Angel and found no trace of the Four Divine Beasts on the eighteenth level.
• Beirut awarded Shen Ye a wind-imbued Main Divine Artifact and told him about the powerful Asuras and commanders in the Supreme Planes.
• Ten years later, Linley emerged from the Cemetery of the Gods as a god after breaking through on his own, while Olivia vowed to catch up to him.
• Beirut introduced Tarosa, the Divine Beast Bashe, and revealed that Shen Ye had cleared the Cemetery of the Gods in one day and slain its final manager.
• Beirut sent the survivors home and decided to bring a surprise to the Yulan Continent.

Delia revealed that she had become a god, but Linley soon sensed many divine experts arriving on the Yulan Continent. Adkins’s forces destroyed War God Mountain and began assessing their possible rivals, while O’Brien convinced Adkins that Shen Ye was only a Midgod.

• Delia showed Linley her Divine Domain and explained that Beirut’s black stone had been a divine spark.
• Shen Ye sensed the wave of divine experts and recognized that Qinghuo had been released.
• Adkins’s followers destroyed War God Mountain, and Adkins ordered O’Brien to summon the Yulan Plane’s Divine Domain experts to submit.
• Adkins learned that Beirut might possess a Main Divine Artifact and decided to avoid making an enemy of him.
• O’Brien named Shen Ye as a possible owner of a Main Divine Artifact, then persuaded Adkins that Shen Ye was still only a Midgod.
• Adkins promised O’Brien a Midgod divine spark as a reward after he obtained the Main Divine Artifact.

After Dragonblood Castle was destroyed, Linley led his people toward the Ernst Institute, where they hoped Lord Shen Ye would protect them. Shen Ye confronted Adkins, but a mysterious gray-robed man emerged and revealed that Adkins had escaped from Gobada Planar Prison.

• Tarosa warned Linley that escaped prisoners from Gobada Planar Prison included Highgods, and Linley decided to seek help from his senior, Shen Ye.
• Linley gathered his clan members and refugees and led them toward the Ernst Institute, fending off two Lowgod ambushers along the way.
• Tarosa identified the Highgod threatening the Ernst Institute as Adkins and explained that he had fused three profound mysteries.
• Adkins challenged Shen Ye and asked whether he had obtained a Main Divine Artifact, while Shen Ye reminded him that he had killed a Twelve-Winged Divine Angel.
• A gray-robed man stepped out of the shadows and addressed Adkins, asking whether Qinghuo had escaped from the Planar Prison.

Odin confronted Shen Ye while seeking a powerful soul and a rumored Main Divine Artifact, but Shen Ye revealed overwhelming strength and killed both Odin and Adkins. The chapter ended with two divine sparks falling from a vast spatial rift.

• Odin arrived searching for a high-quality soul, and Adkins tried to curry favor by offering to capture Shen Ye and hand over a rumored Main Divine Artifact.
• Odin attacked Shen Ye with his Wind-element Divine Clone, but Shen Ye transformed into a Flame Demon, devoured it, and caught its Wind-element Highgod Divinity Spark.
• Odin discovered that Shen Ye had fused five profound mysteries, and Shen Ye immediately advanced from Midgod to Highgod before the gathered onlookers.
• Odin armed himself with Highgod Artifacts and blamed Adkins for misleading him, then trapped Adkins and offered him to Shen Ye as an apology.
• Shen Ye revealed his Main Divine Artifact, and when Odin fled while throwing Adkins toward him, Shen Ye created a vast spatial rift that killed both men.

Shen Ye killed Adkins with his Willpower as Adkins tried to flee through the Arctic Ice Plain formation, shocking Sadista and the others who had arrived to claim the Main Divine Artifact. Afterward, Hodan revealed that Shen Ye was the supposed Midgod, while Tarosa reconsidered fleeing the Yulan Plane.

• Shen Ye killed the Evil King with one sword strike, and Adkins's followers hurried to report that Adkins still had a Light Highgod divine clone and a Highgod spark.
• Tarosa vanished while Linley, Hisse, and the High Priest discussed the frightened followers' sudden change in attitude.
• Hodan welcomed Sadista and his group, explained that a Midgod had cleared the Cemetery of the Gods, and warned them that Adkins had escaped the Planar Prison.
• Adkins charged toward the Arctic Ice Plain formation and detonated a Highgod Artifact, prompting Sadista to realize he was fleeing from someone.
• Shen Ye appeared as a gigantic face and killed Adkins with Willpower, then disappeared before Sadista's group could react.
• Hodan identified Shen Ye as the Midgod they had come to find, and Tarosa wondered aloud why he was fleeing from such an expert.

Shen Ye revealed that he had cultivated Willpower himself, astonishing Beirut and leaving him unable to understand Shen Ye’s techniques. Beirut then showed Shen Ye the Four Divine Beasts’ corpses and gave him a fire-type Main God Spark, which Shen Ye planned to keep unrefined until after searching the planes for the Guide.

• Beirut asked Shen Ye how he had cultivated Willpower, and Shen Ye explained his Will Secret Arts to him.
• Beirut considered how Shen Ye’s Willpower could eventually help him surpass the Lord of Light and took Shen Ye to the Cemetery of the Gods.
• Beirut revealed the Four Divine Beasts’ corpses and told Shen Ye how he had seized them after the Lord of Light killed the beasts.
• Beirut gave Shen Ye a fire-type Main God Spark, and Shen Ye asked to delay refining it so he could travel through the planes without attracting the Lord of Light’s attention.
• Beirut agreed to wait and warned Shen Ye not to use Willpower carelessly in the Supreme Planes.

Azurefire Raylin learned that Shen Ye had killed Odin and sought him out for a spar, while Linley and others prepared to leave the Yulan Plane under Shen Ye’s protection. Shen Ye agreed to face Raylin in the Fire Element Divine Plane, and the two groups departed together.

• Raylin learned that Shen Ye had fused five Fire Element profound mysteries and killed Odin with a Main Divine Artifact, and he decided to seek a spar.
• O'Brien and the High Priest told Linley they would follow Shen Ye to the Divine Planes, and Linley considered joining them before deciding to go to Hell later to search for his ancestors.
• Shen Ye, Linley, and their companions arrived at the Arctic Ice Plain, where Hodan prepared to teleport them to the Fire Element Divine Plane.
• Raylin introduced himself and asked Shen Ye for a spar, while Di Lin warned Shen Ye that Raylin might be plotting to steal his Main Divine Artifact.
• Shen Ye trusted Raylin and chose the Fire Element Divine Plane as their battleground, and Raylin and his two brothers joined the group through the teleportation array.

Shen Ye and Raylin arrived in the Fire Element Divine Plane and fought, stunning the Heavenly Fire Army with their power. Shen Ye defeated Raylin, who gained insight into the Profound Mystery of Explosion, while Shen Ye judged he might reach Grand Perfection within a thousand years.

• A red-haired captain at the teleportation array defeated Lord Miller and ordered the newcomers to obey him.
• Shen Ye and Raylin arrived with another group, ignored the captain, and began fighting in the sky.
• Their blows cracked the space of the Fire Element Divine Plane, and Crimson Flame identified them as Flame Demon Overlords.
• Shen Ye overwhelmed Raylin with attacks using the Profound Mystery of Explosion and knocked him into the ground.
• Raylin acknowledged his defeat and found a new direction for his fusion, while Shen Ye estimated he could reach Grand Perfection within a hundred to a thousand years.

Shen Ye became the focus of the Fire Element Divine Plane’s Main God Boteer, then set out to challenge fused-profound-mystery experts across the planes. Five hundred years later, as Jieyin considered Shen Ye’s growing strength, Shen Ye noticed a possible Supreme God token and sent Hermes flying into a Material Plane with one punch.

• Boteer invited Shen Ye and Raylin to become his emissaries, but Shen Ye revealed he already served Beirut, while Raylin accepted Boteer’s offer.
• Shen Ye asked Chiyan to list the Fire Element Divine Plane’s experts who had fused five profound mysteries and announced he would challenge such experts throughout the planes.
• Five hundred years later, Jieyin heard reports of Shen Ye’s undefeated challenges and decided to wait until he had reached Grand Perfection in multiple laws before confronting him.
• Hermes challenged Shen Ye to compare their material attacks, and Shen Ye spotted what might be the Wutu Iron Crown in Spatial Turbulence.
• Shen Ye struck Hermes with one punch, sending him through Spatial Turbulence into a Material Plane, and a nearby commander decided to retreat and cultivate.

Shen Ye retrieved a battered crown from the Spatial Turbulence, then fought Bayer, the Wind Element Grand Perfection, to a draw. Bayer left astonished by Shen Ye’s skill, while the watching experts regarded him as a legend.

• Shen Ye entered the Spatial Turbulence, recovered the battered crown, and returned to the Wind Element Divine Plane.
• Shen Ye agreed to spar with Bayer, who struck him with a kick and realized he was not a Grand Perfection.
• Shen Ye and Bayer clashed with their Main Divine Artifact swords, creating a vast spatial rift as the battle continued.
• Shen Ye explained that he had learned and fused the ultimate techniques of more than a thousand Commander-level experts, then used Bayer’s own technique against him.
• Bayer ended the fight, praised Shen Ye as the most terrifying Highgod he had seen, and left while the onlookers revered Shen Ye.

Linley learned that Hisse and the others had arrived and hoped Shen Ye could save Delia, but the group was accompanied by Beirut, the Azure Prefectural Lord. Gaisresen and the clan elders discovered Linley’s remarkable connections as Beirut reunited with Beibei.

• Tarosa, Hisse, and the others arrived at the Heavenly Sacrifice Mountain Range, and Beibei hurried them toward Linley after asking whether Shen Ye had come.
• Beibei told Linley that Hisse and the others were there, and Linley rushed out, believing Shen Ye might be able to save Delia.
• Gaisresen and the clan elders learned that Linley’s senior was the legendary Shen Ye and were stunned by his reputation.
• Beibei explained that he, Linley, and Shen Ye had entered the Fire Element Divine Plane together, confirming Shen Ye’s identity to the elders.
• Beirut arrived with Linley, Hisse, and the others, and the clan elders were shocked to learn that he was Beibei’s grandfather.

Beirut failed to save Delia, whose condition had become critical, and Linley pinned his hopes on Shen Ye. Shen Ye restored Delia using the Crimson Diamond and claimed he had reached Grand Perfection, leaving Beirut certain that something impossible had happened.

• Beibei learned that Beirut was his grandfather, and Beirut examined Delia but could not save her in time.
• Beirut agreed to stabilize Delia for a few days and send word to Shen Ye, who arrived five days later at the Heavenly Sacrifice Mountain Range.
• Shen Ye examined Delia and used the power of the Crimson Diamond, disguised by Profound God Power of Life, to restore her.
• Gaisresen asked whether Shen Ye had reached Grand Perfection, and Shen Ye calmly confirmed it.
• Beirut privately realized Grand Perfection alone could not have saved Delia and wondered how Shen Ye had done it.

Linley and the Four Divine Beast Clan leaders debated how to use Shen Ye’s final promised favor after many clansmen were struck unconscious. Gaisresen offered the clan’s last drop of Azure Dragon blood essence in exchange for Shen Ye’s help, and Shen Ye questioned whether the clans would keep relying on him before Gaisresen promised this would be the last time.

• Shen Ye offered to use Linley’s remaining favor to help the clansmen affected by the Soul Ultimate Skill, but Gaisresen interrupted and took Linley aside with the other clan leaders.
• Linley explained that Shen Ye had promised to act on his behalf three times, and the clan leaders urged him to ask Shen Ye to make the Eight Great Clans leave Azure Prefecture.
• Gaisresen and the clan leaders decided to offer the Azure Dragon Clan’s remaining blood essence to Shen Ye in exchange for his help.
• Gaisresen presented the blood essence to Shen Ye and asked him to make the Eight Great Clans withdraw from Azure Prefecture.
• Shen Ye warned that the Four Divine Beast Clans’ past arrogance had created their enemies and asked whether he would be expected to protect them every time; Gaisresen promised this would be the first and last request.

Shen Ye exposed Forhan’s betrayal, prompting the Grand Elder to kill her son, and agreed to help the Four Divine Beast Clans. Beirut discovered that Shen Ye’s Crimson Diamond was a Supreme God Appraisal Task token that joined with his ruined crown, while Shen Ye privately planned to leave the universe after defeating Jieyin and pass his inheritance to Linley.

• Shen Ye identified Forhan as someone who hated him, and Forhan confessed that he had urged the Eight Great Clans to kill Linley over the Azure Dragon Clan’s Main Divine Artifact and Linley’s strength.
• The Grand Elder killed Forhan, executing both of his divine avatars, and Shen Ye accepted the Azure Dragon Blood Essence and ordered the Eight Great Clans to leave.
• Shen Ye agreed to treat the other afflicted clan members if the Four Divine Beast Clans supplied the Profound God Power of Life, and Gaisresen offered ninety-seven drops.
• Beirut examined Shen Ye’s Crimson Diamond and recognized it as a token for a Supreme God Appraisal Task; it joined with Shen Ye’s ruined crown, revealing that he possessed two tokens.
• Shen Ye reflected that defeating Jieyin would draw the Hongmeng Controller’s attention, so he planned to leave and transfer his inheritance to Linley before departing.