Chapter Summaries

Locke secretly killed the White Feather Lord God, took his Fate Sovereign Spark, and continued developing his Divine Beast bloodline and understanding of space. As Sovereigns escalated their battles, the Purple Thorn Sovereign fought the Cloud Mist Lord God after his attack injured her husband.

• Locke used the Four Divine Beasts Sovereigns' Fusion Innate Divine Ability to kill the White Feather Lord God and his five companions, then took the Sovereign Spark and concealed their deaths with an illusion.
• Locke fused more Divine Beast Essence Blood and traveled through a Plane Teleportation Array, but could not absorb additional Space Power; he resolved to keep strengthening his Di Jiang Bloodline and studying the Law of Space.
• Battles among Sovereign Envoys and Sovereigns intensified, and Sovereigns began joining forces, ambushing one another, and pursuing opportunities to kill rivals.
• The Cloud Mist Lord God attacked the Purple Thorn Sovereign in Hell, and the clash's aftershock injured her husband, a Destruction Lesser Lord God.
• Enraged by her husband's injury, the Purple Thorn Sovereign charged into Spatial Turbulence to fight the Cloud Mist Lord God.

The Purple Thorn couple was besieged by five Sovereigns until Reiding intervened to help them. Reiding overwhelmed a Destiny Lesser Lord God with his Sovereign Artifact-level body while the wounded Purple Thorn Lord God's Husband continued fighting his two remaining attackers.

• Two Intermediate Sovereigns attacked the Purple Thorn Lord God while three Lesser Sovereigns besieged her Husband, and Reiding decided to intervene to recruit the couple into the Four Divine Beasts faction.
• Reiding left Hell alone and raced to help the Purple Thorn couple, while his brothers stayed ready in case an Overlord intervened.
• A Destiny Lesser Lord God went to intercept Reiding, but Reiding sent him flying with a punch and continued attacking without being harmed by his opponent.
• The Destiny Sovereign hoped his allies would defeat the Purple Thorn Lord God's Husband and come help him, but the badly wounded Husband kept fighting the two Sovereigns.

A battle over Lord Godheads erupted after Purple Thorn Lord God's Husband was killed, drawing Lord Gods across the planes into a massive conflict. As the fighting spread, the Overlords restricted entry into their territories, and Locke watched the chaos through Lilia's projection.

• Reiding Lord God fought a Fate Lord God while Ihalo ignored his ally's plea, but Purple Thorn Lord God's Husband died before Reiding could recruit her.
• Purple Thorn Lord God killed the Fire Element Lord God and Ihalo, while Reiding protected the Fate and Destruction Lord Godheads from the Spatial Turbulence.
• Lord Gods from across the planes attacked Reiding and fought over the two Lord Godheads, while Eus, Nemo, and Bowen joined Reiding.
• Lilia showed Locke the battle and explained how Purple Thorn Lord God's history with the Four Divine Beasts affected her later actions toward Linley.
• Lord Gods began raiding planes to attack rivals' divine clones, but the Death Overlord killed an invading Fire Element Intermediate Sovereign and the other Overlords warned outsiders away from their planes.

After two lesser Sovereigns destroyed a Material Plane while pursuing a Lightning Sovereign, the Supreme God of Destruction descended and punished them. The surviving Sovereigns received a new rule forbidding them from causing the destruction of any Material Plane.

• Several Lightning Sovereigns fled their God Plane for protection, while a lesser Lightning Sovereign was killed by three rivals who then fought over his Sovereign Spark.
• Two Sovereigns pursued the last rival into his home Material Plane, whose destruction killed every living being there except the three Sovereigns.
• A Supreme God descended, and Lilia left the Underworld to investigate while Locke speculated that Sovereigns would be forbidden from destroying Material Planes.
• The Sovereigns gathered before the Supreme God of Destruction, who declared that the two Sovereigns responsible for destroying the Material Plane would be punished.
• The two guilty Sovereigns died, and the forty-six survivors received a new rule that any Sovereign who caused a Material Plane's destruction would also perish.

After the Supreme God’s warning ended the Lord God war, Destiny Overlord Ov accepted Destruction Overlord Uthred’s challenge while Locke stayed with Lilia instead of watching. The Lord Gods later ended the fighting, and Lilia gave Locke Space Rings filled with essence blood collected by her legions.

• The Death Overlord realized the Supreme God’s appearance had shown the Lord Gods that gaining more Lord God Clones could not bridge the gap to the Rule Overlords.
• Destruction Overlord Uthred challenged Destiny Overlord Ov, and Ov accepted as the other Lord Gods withdrew to watch their battle.
• Lilia told Locke that the Supreme God had forbidden the destruction of Material Planes, then invited him to watch Uthred and Ov fight; Locke declined.
• After Lilia described the battle, Locke and the Death Overlord discussed the Lord Gods’ changed outlook, and the surviving Lord Gods recalled their legions and ended the war.
• Locke lamented the loss of divine beasts and special lifeforms, and Lilia gave him Space Rings containing essence blood her soldiers had collected.

Locke returned to Hell with Ryan, Yan Feng, and the others, then confronted Blood Peak Lord God Pash over Pash’s punishment of Little White and killing of his subordinates. After deceiving Pash with Mirror Flower Water Moon, Locke trapped him and struck him with the Eye of Hell, leaving Pash screaming in agony.

• Locke sent his Water Element Divine Clone with Ryan, Yan Feng, and the others to Hell and said he would make Pash pay for punishing Little White.
• At Iron Blade Gorge, Locke told Ryan, Yan Feng, Ismail, and the others to go to Purple Thorn Continent while he went to speak with Pash on Blood Peak Continent.
• Pash attacked Locke twice outside his Sovereign Palace, but Locke used Mirror Flower Water Moon to make each attack appear to kill him before reappearing unharmed.
• Locke surrounded Pash with the phantoms of the Four Divine Beasts and used the pressure of the Law of Space to make Pash believe he was immobilized.
• Locke unleashed Eye of Hell—Eighteen Layers of Hell on Pash, causing him to scream as he experienced the torment Locke had endured.

Locke forced Blood Peak Lord God Pash to reconcile over their subordinates’ conflict and Little White’s death, then gave Ryan fifty drops of Sovereign’s Might as compensation. Back on Nether Mountain, Locke suggested that Lilia turn the God-level Experts seeking her favor into a force for the coming Plane Battlefield, but she declined to recruit them herself.

• Locke used Mirror Flower Water Moon and Eye of Hell · Eighteen Layers of Hell to make Pash agree to a recorded reconciliation over a subordinate’s death and Little White’s killing.
• Locke gave Ryan a Space Ring containing fifty drops of Sovereign’s Might as Pash’s apology and instructed Ryan’s group to obtain essence blood through voluntary trade.
• Locke returned to Nether Mountain, where Lilia complained that God-level Experts seeking to become Sovereign Envoys were disturbing her time with him.
• Locke proposed that Lilia hold a trial to select powerful God-level Experts as subordinates, but Lilia refused and said Christina had built her Sovereign Legion.

Locke persuaded the Death Overlord to build a powerful Sovereign Legion and considered the dangers of others discovering his study of the Four Divine Beasts' Fusion Innate Divine Ability. As Oakes and Ryan rebuilt their forces, Locke realized that the Eight Great Clans were now among his subordinates, leaving him to contemplate how their future feud with the Four Divine Beast Family might unfold.

• Locke convinced the Death Overlord to have Christina select talents and build the Sovereign Legion.
• Locke weighed the risks of the Four Divine Beasts Sovereigns learning that he had analyzed their Fusion Innate Divine Ability, while considering the power he could gain from the Destiny Lord Godhead.
• Oakes traveled with Figueroa to recruit bloodline clans across the planes to collect Divine Beast Essence Blood for Locke.
• Ryan, Yan Feng, Clifford, Lima Gis, and Ismail rebuilt their influence in Hell with support from Renals, a Sovereign Envoy of Blood Peak Lord God Pash.
• Oakes reported his recruited forces to Locke, who recognized that the Eight Great Clans were under his command and foresaw their potential conflict with the Four Divine Beast Family.

Locke completely fused three Water Law Profundities with the Fate Law, drawing the Law of Heaven and Earth and gaining extraordinary Willpower in his Saint Domain true body. After realizing he could already rival a Sovereign, he decided to refine the Lesser Sovereign Destiny Lord Godhead and become one himself.

• The Death Overlord placed a purple crystal ball on the Sovereign Palace, creating a lightning net that covered Nether Mountain.
• Several tens of thousands of years later, Locke completely fused three Water Law Profundities with the Fate Law, and the Law of Heaven and Earth descended.
• Lilia visited Locke and learned that the breakthrough had granted Willpower to his Saint Domain true body, making it stronger than either of his Paragon divine clones.
• Locke and Lilia realized his fused laws and Willpower had brought him close to Lesser Sovereign strength, with his planned Di Jiang Bloodline offering a path to match Sovereigns.
• Lilia asked whether Locke wanted to become a Sovereign, and Locke decided to stop delaying and refine the Lesser Sovereign Destiny Lord Godhead.

Locke became the Destiny Sovereign and discussed his strength and the Water Overlord’s Godhead with Lilia, the Death Overlord. He decided to remain at Nether Mountain and form a Sovereign Legion, then offered Oakes a choice between commanding it and serving as a Sovereign Envoy.

• Locke refined the Destiny Lesser Lord Godhead, becoming a Sovereign and granting his main body and Water Element Divine Clone a share of Sovereign Willpower.
• Locke asked Lilia whether the Water Overlord’s Godhead had gone to the Four Divine Beasts Sovereigns or Wind Overlord Diya, but declined her offer to investigate.
• Locke told Lilia he wanted to establish a Sovereign Legion at Nether Mountain, and she eagerly offered to help plan it.
• Locke contacted Oakes and offered him the Legion command or a reserved position as Sovereign Envoy, along with a Sovereign Artifact of his choice.
• Oakes discussed Locke’s recommendation for a material defense Sovereign Artifact with Yagonia, who urged him to follow it.

Locke asked Death Overlord about Netherworld Fruit and arranged for Christina to receive the first fruit before his own. Death Overlord brought him to the Lord God Assembly, where Locke revealed he was a Destiny Lesser Lord God and warned the gathered Lord Gods that he could kill those who offended him.

• Locke asked Death Overlord how long Netherworld Fruit took to grow, and she explained the cultivation times and how Sovereign's Might and Power of Faith could speed them up.
• Locke requested two fruits capable of fusing five Profound Mysteries, but told Death Overlord to give the first ripe fruit to Christina; he planned to appoint Oakes as his Sovereign Envoy.
• Death Overlord took Locke to the Spatial Turbulence for the Lord God Assembly, where Locke felt its Space Power resonate with his bloodline.
• The Lord Gods gathered, and Reiding greeted Locke with open resentment while Pash and other Destruction Sovereigns were surprised he had become a Lord God.
• Locke introduced himself as a newly ascended Destiny Lesser Lord God, prompting Uthred to challenge the reason for the assembly.
• Locke said he was glad the Lord Gods would know of him, since those who offended him could be killed under the Lord God Pact.

At the Lord God Assembly, Locke revealed that he was a dual-law Great Perfection and a Soul Variant whose fused laws made him stronger than an ordinary Law Overlord. The other Sovereigns acknowledged his Law Overlord-level strength, while Augusta backed away from Locke’s challenge.

• Lord God Manlu mocked Locke and suggested a Sovereign battle, but Locke revealed that he had reached Great Perfection in Fate.
• Locke also announced that he had reached Great Perfection in Water, shocking the Sovereigns and angering Augusta, who said he wanted to kill him.
• Locke explained that he was a Dual-Law Soul Variant, demonstrated fused Water and Fate laws, and claimed his fused power surpassed that of an ordinary Law Overlord.
• Destruction Overlord Uthred acknowledged that Locke deserved the Lord God Assembly and agreed that Sovereigns who offended him could die unjustly.
• Locke challenged Augusta to fight, but Augusta moved behind Destiny Overlord Ov and stayed silent.
• Destiny Overlord Ov and Vivian acknowledged Locke as a Law Overlord and placed him in the third tier.

The Sovereigns recognized Locke as a Law Overlord, and Locke secured Lesser Sovereign status for his Water Element Divine Clone. After the Lord God Assembly ended, Ov gathered Uthred and Vivian without inviting the Death Overlord, prompting questions about his intentions.

• Uthred acknowledged Locke's Law Overlord strength and challenged him to spar once he reached Rule Overlord level; Locke accepted.
• Locke explained that only his true body's soul had received Willpower from his fused laws, then presented his Water Element Divine Clone and asked the Sovereigns to recognize it as a Lesser Sovereign.
• The Sovereigns agreed, and the Death Overlord ended the Lord God Assembly.
• The Sovereigns dispersed and discussed Locke's power, while Pash kept quiet about Locke's hidden abilities and his own past defeat.
• Ov summoned Uthred and Vivian for a private meeting, and they questioned why he had not invited the Death Overlord.

Destiny Overlord Ov warned Life Overlord Vivian and Destruction Overlord Uthred that Locke could become overwhelmingly powerful if he obtained a Water Lord Godhead, and they agreed to secretly prevent a new Water Overlord from emerging. Their warning spread through the God Planes, while the remaining Water Element Lord Gods were left exposed as bait for Locke.

• Ov told Vivian and Uthred that Locke's Water Element Divine Clone already had the strength of a lesser Lord God and could become a threat if he gained a Water Lord Godhead.
• Ov proposed secretly spreading the warning and preventing a new Water Overlord from appearing, and Vivian and Uthred agreed.
• Ov explained that he had withheld the matter from Death Overlord because she might help Locke, and Vivian and Uthred accepted his reasoning.
• A rumor about Locke's potential spread across the Seven Great God Planes and the Supreme Planes outside the Underworld, while the Lord Gods kept it from the Underworld's Lord Gods.
• The remaining intermediate Water Element Lord God sought Ov's protection and settled in the Heaven Realm, while two lesser Water Element Lord Gods remained as bait for Locke.

Lord Locke and the Death Overlord discussed why the Sovereigns feared his Water Element Divine Clone and how the Water Element God Plane might be kept stable. Lord Locke chose not to seize a living Sovereign’s Godhead, while Oakes prepared to leave for Nether Mountain after Locke finished his artifact.

• The Death Overlord questioned why Destiny Overlord Ov had kept an Intermediate Water Sovereign in the Heaven Realm despite the Water Element God Plane having too few Sovereigns to regulate its laws.
• Lord Locke explained that the Sovereigns feared he would become overwhelmingly powerful if he obtained another Water Sovereign Godhead, and that they might protect any future Water Overlord from him.
• Lord Locke told the Death Overlord he would not kill living Sovereigns for their Godheads, since he still had other ways to grow stronger and did not want Lilia to be ostracized alongside him.
• Lord Locke and the Death Overlord considered three ways to prevent the Water Element God Plane from collapsing, then set the issue aside for the time being.
• After Lord Locke finished Oakes’s material-defense Sovereign Artifact, he invited Oakes to Nether Mountain, and Yagonia ordered the family to pack for the trip.

Oakes’s family left Shadow Moon Prefecture after Yagonia packed up the prefect lord’s manor, and Oakes rebuked Figueroa for taking credit for his connection to Lord Locke. As they traveled toward the Nether Mountain Range, Yagonia demanded that Figueroa choose whether to join Lord Locke’s Sovereign Legion without special treatment or leave the family’s protection.

• Yagonia had Oakes store everything she wanted from the prefect lord’s manor before the family departed in a Metal Life.
• Figueroa bragged that Oakes’s appointment as a Sovereign Envoy and gift of a Sovereign Artifact were effectively his own achievements.
• Oakes told Figueroa that Lord Locke had saved and taught him, and warned that Figueroa could cost him Lord Locke’s regard.
• Yagonia urged Oakes to bring Figueroa into Lord Locke’s Sovereign Legion, despite the danger of serving in a future war between the God Planes.
• Yagonia told Figueroa he would receive no special care from his father in the legion and ordered him to decide before they reached the Nether Mountain Range.

Figueroa agreed to join Lord Locke’s Sovereign Legion after his parents confronted him about his lack of progress. At the Nether Mountain Range, Oakes tested Figueroa by having him guide his parents through the dangerous fog, while Locke watched and explained how he planned to build a legion capable of using Magic Battle Arrays.

• Yagonia rebuked Figueroa for relying on his father’s protection and warned him to change his ways or leave their care.
• Figueroa chose to enter Lord Locke’s Sovereign Legion, easing Yagonia’s concerns despite her strictness.
• More than ten years later, Oakes and Yagonia arrived with Figueroa at the fog-covered Nether Mountain Range, where Oakes tasked him with leading them safely toward the Sovereign’s residence.
• Figueroa probed the fog with his Spiritual Sense and began guiding his parents, unaware that Locke was observing him.
• Locke explained that he had spread the fog to select capable recruits and planned to train legion members in Magic Battle Arrays.

Locke divided his efforts between fusing laws, studying space, and creating magic arrays while Ceres and Mira arrived in the Underworld to find him. The chapter ended with Locke receiving Oakes's family, whose journey through the Nether Mountain Range had left Figueroa with soul damage.

• Locke assigned his original body to fuse Water and Fate Law Profundities, his Destiny Lord God Clone to create magic arrays, and his Water Element Divine Clone to study the Law of Space.
• Betula welcomed Ceres and Mira at the Undead Sacred Mountain and gave Mira a Nether Stone.
• Mira chose to travel freely rather than accept the Sovereign Legion's assignment to a tribe or city.
• Ceres and Mira set out to locate Locke by following Mira's bloodline sense, while Ceres wondered why Locke had come to the Underworld instead of the Water Element God Plane.
• Locke received Oakes, Yagonia, and Figueroa in his Water Mansion, where Figueroa's pale face and unstable aura showed signs of soul damage.

Locke accepted Oakes as his Sovereign Envoy and gave him a material-defense Sovereign Artifact, then offered to teach Figueroa a method that could make him stronger through Magic Arrays. The chapter ended with Locke demonstrating how a Magic Array could deceive both sight and Spiritual Sense.

• Oakes, Yagonia, and Figueroa arrived at the Water Mansion and saluted Locke.
• Locke appointed Oakes his first Sovereign Envoy and awarded him a material-defense Sovereign Artifact.
• Locke told Figueroa that his weak strength was his greatest shortcoming and offered to teach him a method dependent on a Sovereign Legion.
• Figueroa agreed to learn the method and join Locke's Sovereign Legion, while Oakes asked Locke to take his son under his care.
• Locke sent Oakes to recruit soldiers and instructed him to yield to another commander if they met and to require recruits to cross the mist independently.
• Locke took Figueroa to the foot of Nether Mountain and demonstrated a Magic Array that made a forest appear to be a sea.

Mira reached High God after comprehending the remaining Earth Law Profundities in the Underworld, then followed her bloodline’s pull to Blue Wing City with Ceres. There, they discovered that Locke’s apparent relative was Cole, formerly known as Cor, who explained how he returned from the dead; he had not yet revealed which of Locke’s two choices he made.

• Locke taught Figueroa that Magic Arrays drew on the Law of Heaven and Earth through nodes, then demonstrated how destroying a node collapsed an array.
• Mira broke through to High God, and Ceres congratulated her before they set off to find Locke using the stronger sensation in her bloodline.
• More than three hundred years later, Mira and Ceres reached Blue Wing City and met Cole, whose bloodline connection had drawn Mira to him instead of Locke.
• Cole identified himself as Cor, the Locke Family’s first ancestor and Locke’s biological younger brother, astonishing Ceres and Mira with his return from the dead.
• Cole explained that he had died young, become a peak Saint-level Expert in the Undead Realm, and been brought back by Locke with his memories restored; Locke had then offered him a choice between returning to the Frost Snow Plane and staying in the Underworld.