Recaps

After defeating Ryan and exposing Evie, Locke founded Demon Castle and expanded it across Hell, advancing to High God. He challenged Ye Mu Prefecture’s Kurus, defeated him with one attack, and left the Demon Castle poised to expand further.

• Locke defeated Ryan on the Battle Arena, then exposed Evie’s scheme to the Rock Peak City Lord and pursued Evie, awakening beginner-level Fate Law along the way.
• Locke killed Evie, refused the position of Rock Peak City Lord, and founded Demon Castle, whose ranks and missions quickly attracted gods.
• Locke formed a Destiny Divine Clone as Demon Castle grew, then recruited the Rock Peak City Lord and Ryan to lead expansion into nearby cities.
• Locke’s forces established Demon Castles in Buckley City, Red Maple City, and Namu City, while Locke defeated Buckley and took control of Buckley City.
• After fusing all six Water Law profound mysteries, Locke advanced to High God and announced his plan to challenge Ye Mu Prefecture’s Kurus.
• Locke traveled to Ye Mu Prefecture with a large group of Demons, where Kurus granted them equal privileges and Locke urged his allies to keep expanding Demon Castle.
• Locke faced Kurus in the Battle Arena and shattered his defenses and divine body with one attack, forcing him to concede.

Locke outmaneuvered the Sovereigns who tried to use Vistro Beloso against him, then expanded the Demon Castles across Hell while advancing his own power. The arc ended with Pash and Muya secretly plotting to defeat Locke and replace the Demon Castles.

• A red-haired Sovereign gave Vistro Beloso Destruction Lord God Power to use against Locke, while Locke discovered that Ink Stones contained traces of Sovereign power.
• Locke traveled to the Water Element God Plane and convinced Reiding, Ersius, Nemo, and Bowen to combine their Innate Divine Abilities, forming the Four Divine Beasts brotherhood.
• The Four Divine Beasts settled in Hell as Locke expanded his Demon Castles and prepared for his thousand-year battle with Vistro Beloso.
• Locke defeated Vistro Beloso, revealed that another Sovereign supported him, and watched Vistro Beloso burn his soul rather than face the Sovereign who had armed him.
• Locke refined Ink Stones into Sovereign's Might and recruited Oakes after helping him survive a soul mutation, then guided Oakes's cultivation.
• Locke certified Ailiya as a Six-star Demon and offered prefecture lords Destruction Lord God Power to build Demon Castles throughout Hell.
• As Demon Castles spread and Locke's Destiny Divine Clone approached Paragon level, Pash recruited Muya to help defeat Locke and replace the castles with their own force.

Locke completed his fusion of Water Law, defeated Muya and the Sovereign Envoys, and arranged for Hell’s Sovereigns to share the Demon Castle’s Power of Faith. He hid in the Netherworld, where he gained the Death Overlord’s protection, while Oakes and Yagonia set out toward Tianshan Prefecture to find Ryan.

• Locke completed his Soul Mutation and traveled to Blood Peak Continent to confront Thunder Punishment Castle’s leader, Yamu.
• Locke defeated the Sovereign Envoys in Tianshan Prefecture, then overcame Muya’s Lightning Element Divine Clone and earned the title of Legendary Asura.
• Locke reached Great Perfection in Water Law, merged his divine clones into his true body, and sent his Water Element Divine Clone away with Sovereign essence blood and Sovereign’s Might.
• Pash killed Little White over the delayed delivery of Locke’s message, and Ryan later delivered Locke’s Amethyst Crystal to Muya, authorizing the Sovereigns to divide the Demon Castle’s Power of Faith.
• Locke hid in the Netherworld and met Lilia, the Death Overlord’s Water Element Divine Clone, before agreeing to go with the Death Overlord to Nether Mountain.
• Locke established a home on Nether Mountain and began developing illusions and combat techniques while Lilia planned to learn from him.
• Oakes and Yagonia registered as Demons in Radiant City and joined a merchant escort heading toward Tianshan Prefecture to find Ryan.

Locke built his forces across the planes, returned to the Frost Snow Plane to reconnect with his brother Cole and train Mira Locke, then secluded himself to break through his soul’s limits. He emerged with a Soul Golden Core and began seeking a way to strengthen his body to the level of a Sovereign Artifact.

• Locke fused his Water Laws with the Fate Law, reached Seven-star Demon-level power, and sent Alman to the Black Stone Tribe after recruiting him from a bandit gang.
• Locke punished the Golden Turtle Tribe’s God-level Experts for their part in bandit raids, erased Alman’s bounty traces, and left its lower-level members protected behind a barrier.
• Locke tasked Ryan, Yan Feng, and Clifford with recording Divine Beasts and their innate abilities, then departed with Oakes and Yagonia to build his influence across the planes.
• After two million years of growth among his allies, Locke studied the Five-step Soul Devouring Python’s soul poison and began developing a method to surpass the universe’s limits on the soul.
• Locke returned to the Black Stone Tribe, warned Oakes of a possible war among the Sovereign Gods, and later visited the Frost Snow Plane to meet Ceres and choose Mira Locke as his disciple.
• Locke asked the Death Overlord to retrieve Cole’s soul and restore his memories, then gave Cole Death Rule Godheads and let him choose to remain in the Underworld.
• Locke trained Mila, gathered Soul Power-restoring materials, and secluded himself in the Water Mansion until his soul became a golden core and his Soul Power increased tenfold.
• Lilia congratulated Locke on his progress, and Locke explained that he now needed Divine Beast essence blood to develop a method for strengthening his body to the level of a Sovereign Artifact.