Chapter Summaries

The Death Overlord explained to Life Overlord Vivian that Lord Locke had openly revealed his strength because he wanted Sovereigns to experience the fear he had endured while growing up weak. Vivian realized that Locke’s fused-law cultivation would let him surpass the Sovereigns, and the Death Overlord suggested he might eventually seek to remove everyone’s fear.

• The Death Overlord told Vivian that living beings in the Material Planes had always faced the fear of being killed by stronger powers, and that Vivian now feared Lord Locke.
• The Death Overlord explained that Locke had spent his life fearing stronger beings and had openly revealed his power so Sovereigns would know that same fear.
• The Death Overlord said Locke could surpass the Sovereigns through his fused-law cultivation, even without obtaining another Lord Godhead.
• Vivian asked what would happen to the world and the Sovereigns if Locke became the strongest, and the Death Overlord said Vivian was chiefly afraid for herself.
• As the Death Overlord departed, she told Vivian that Locke might seek to eliminate everyone’s fear, and Vivian recalled his efforts to protect the weak and create stability.

Lord Locke and the Death Overlord discussed Vivian’s concerns and his cultivation progress, while Snowfall Lord God fled to his home Material Plane rather than risk becoming an intermediate Sovereign without matching strength. His departure destabilized the Water Element God Plane, forcing Azure Dragon Lord God Reiding and his brothers to intervene.

• The Death Overlord returned to Lord Locke after Vivian questioned her about him, and Lord Locke reassured her that the Rule Overlords’ restraint gave him confidence in his plans.
• Lord Locke told the Death Overlord that he expected to reach a cultivation bottleneck within ten million years and break through before her hundred-million-year prediction.
• After more than eight hundred years of failing to master World Freeze, Snowfall Lord God fled the Water Element God Plane to his home Material Plane before his elevation to intermediate Sovereign.
• The Sovereigns discovered Snowfall Lord God’s escape and realized his departure had pushed the Water Element God Plane closer to collapse.
• Azure Dragon Lord God Reiding and his three brothers headed to the Water Element God Plane to stabilize it, while Destiny Overlord Ov approved of Reiding’s response.
• Lord Locke told the Death Overlord that Reiding and Frost Lord God could barely maintain the Water Element God Plane’s stability for ten million years.

Lord Locke traveled to the Water Element God Plane to help stabilize its disordered laws, using his perfected Water Law Profundity to suppress conflicting laws far faster than Frost Lord God and Azure Dragon Lord God. He restored stability across most of the plane, while cultivation conditions improved outside Frost Continent and the Azure Dragon Archipelago.

• Lord Locke told Death Overlord he would go to the Water Element God Plane and use his Water Element Divine Clone and Willpower to sort out its laws.
• Lord Locke entered the Water Element God Plane, established a guarded Sovereign Palace on the central continent, and connected his Destiny Lord Godhead to its water rules.
• Lord Locke used his perfected Water Law Profundity to suppress incompatible laws and rules, advancing much faster than Frost Lord God and Azure Dragon Lord God.
• Eus, Nemo, and Bowen watched Lord Locke stabilize most of the plane in a little over two hundred thousand years and recognized the advantage of his Paragon status.
• God-level experts noticed that water-law cultivation and water-element concentration improved across much of the plane, while Frost Continent and the Azure Dragon Archipelago remained comparatively disadvantaged.

Locke emerged from seclusion after absorbing another Space Divine Beast’s bloodline and summoned Oakes to learn why Mila had sought him. After hearing that Mila had mastered five Earth Law Profundities and wished to give him the Soul Annihilation Pearl, Locke proposed that Lilia make her a Sovereign Envoy.

• Locke finished absorbing a Space Divine Beast’s innate spatial bloodline and reflected on the limits of becoming the Supreme God of Water.
• Lilia told Locke that Oakes had visited while he was in seclusion, and Locke contacted Oakes with his Spiritual Sense.
• Oakes explained that Mila had completed the fusion of five Earth Law Profundities and wanted to offer Locke the Soul Annihilation Pearl.
• Locke asked Lilia what she thought of Mila and proposed taking her as a Sovereign Envoy, noting her strength and the shortage of capable people in Lilia’s legion.

Locke arranged for Mira to become Lilia’s Sovereign Envoy and summoned her to Nether Mountain. Mira presented Locke with the Soul Annihilation Pearl after completing her fusion of five Earth Profound Mysteries.

• Lilia agreed to accept Mira as a Sovereign Envoy, while reserving command of her Sovereign Legion for Christina.
• Oakes went to the Sixth Battalion and found Ceres and Figueroa fighting with their Magic Battle Arrays.
• Oakes told Mira that Locke had emerged from seclusion and summoned her to Nether Mountain, then stayed behind to watch over the fight.
• Mira met Locke and Lilia at the Water Mansion and offered Locke the Soul Annihilation Pearl, which she no longer needed after fusing five Earth Profound Mysteries.

Locke and the Death Overlord made Mila her Sovereign Envoy, and she chose an offensive Lord Artifact so she could fight for them. Meanwhile, Oakes stopped Ceres and Figueroa’s battle and told them that Mila had left Locke’s Sovereign Legion to serve as a deputy commander in the Netherworld Legion.

• Locke took the Soul Annihilation Pearl from Mila and explained that the Death Overlord had wanted it and would provide her with a suitable treasure.
• The Death Overlord offered Mila a Lord Artifact if she became her Sovereign Envoy, and Locke reassured her that serving the Death Overlord would not change their relationship.
• Mila accepted the position and chose an offensive Lord Artifact, explaining that she wanted to fight for the Death Overlord and Locke rather than need rescuing.
• The Death Overlord told Mila to assist Christina in the Netherworld Legion while her greatsword Lord Artifact was being forged.
• Oakes broke up Ceres and Figueroa’s Magic Battle Array sparring and told them that Mila had become a Sovereign Envoy and deputy commander in the Netherworld Legion.

After stabilizing the Water Element God Plane, Locke condemned Destiny Overlord Ov for leaving it vulnerable and summoned every Lord God to a fourth assembly. Reiding and his brothers chose to return to Hell, while Reiding remained troubled by the Supreme God oath tied to Locke.

• Figueroa earned his standing in the Sovereign Legion by defeating the Second Brigade with a Magic Battle Array and becoming a Five-star Demon brigade commander.
• Reiding awoke from sorting Azure Dragon Continent’s laws and learned that Locke had already unified the laws across the other continents of the Water Element God Plane.
• Reiding sensed that the plane’s Water Laws had risen to fifty-five percent and considered how Locke’s actions had affected the Supreme God oath in his soul.
• Reiding decided that he and his brothers would return to Hell because Locke could now stabilize the Water Element God Plane.
• Locke judged Ov’s refusal to return the Water Element Intermediate Lord Godhead to be irresponsible and summoned all Lord Gods to a fourth assembly in the Spatial Turbulence.

Locke convened a Lord God Assembly and confronted the Rule Overlords over the Water Element God Plane’s near-collapse. He accused Destiny Overlord Ov of keeping Azure Wave away to prevent Locke from gaining power, and the assembly ended with Ov and Uthred readying their weapons while Vivian held back.

• Locke summoned the Lord Gods to an assembly, and all four Rule Overlords arrived despite Augusta expecting few to attend.
• Uthred challenged Locke’s authority, and Locke threatened to replace him if he broke the rules; the Death Overlord intervened before they fought.
• Locke recounted how Snowfall Lord God fled, leaving the Water Element God Plane in chaos, and asked Azure Wave why he had not helped Reiding and Frost Lord God stabilize it.
• Ov claimed Azure Wave had been in his palace, and Azure Wave said they had been discussing cultivation; Locke accused Ov of deliberately keeping Azure Wave from the crisis and declared him unworthy of being the Destiny Overlord.
• Locke accused Ov of placing Azure Wave under house arrest to prevent Locke from refining his Intermediate Water Lord Godhead; Uthred and Ov summoned their weapons, while Vivian hesitated and did not act.

At the Lord God Assembly, Locke challenged the Sovereigns to remember their duties and criticized Uthred and Ov for bringing Azure Wave to the Heaven Realm while disregarding the Lord God Pact. After Azure Wave admitted he had avoided the Water Element God Plane out of fear of Locke, Locke apologized for frightening him and explained his commitment to stable rules, while acknowledging he could not promise never to act against them.

• The Death Overlord, Uthred, and Ov drew their Sovereign Artifacts, but Vivian stopped their confrontation and urged them to hear Locke out.
• Locke mocked Uthred and Ov’s suspicions about his motives and asked the Sovereigns whether they remembered their responsibilities.
• Azure Wave explained that Sovereigns were meant to help manage the God Planes, uphold order, and maintain universal rules.
• Locke asked whether Azure Wave had considered protecting the Water Element God Plane from collapse, and Azure Wave admitted he had stayed in the Heaven Realm because he feared Locke would assassinate him.
• Locke apologized to Azure Wave for making him afraid, then told the Sovereigns he valued stable rules but could not swear never to act against them.

Locke used the Lord God Assembly to redefine Sovereigns’ duties, requiring them to regulate the laws of their God Planes and granting protection while they worked. Diya and Panser supported the demands, and Locke turned to Augusta for his response.

• Azure Wave Lord God and Frost Lord God explained that their fear of Locke had come from distrust of the Lord God Pact, and Frost said he would face Locke without fear.
• Locke gained the Sovereigns’ support and proposed that Sovereigns maintain their God Planes, with regulation duties set according to rank and protection from the Four Great Rule Overlords while they worked.
• The Lesser and Intermediate Sovereigns accepted the plan, while the Law Overlords showed reluctance.
• Diya agreed to spend a million years regulating the Wind Element God Plane after the assembly.
• Panser pledged to spend an additional million years regulating the Great Earth God Plane, prompting Blazing Sun Overlord to challenge his boast.
• Locke asked Augusta whether he accepted the arrangement.

Locke secured the Lord Gods’ agreement to maintain the God Planes, then confronted Snowfall Lord God for abandoning the Water Element God Plane. When Snowfall refused to face judgment if it threatened his life, Locke used Spatial Transfer to pull him from his home Material Plane into the Spatial Turbulence.

• Augusta backed Locke’s arrangement for ranking the Law Planes, and Locke announced that he would temporarily serve as Water Overlord until a successor emerged.
• Locke proposed that Lord Gods periodically maintain the laws of the God Planes and promised protection while they did so; the Overlords supported the plan, and Uthred raised no objection.
• Locke located Snowfall Lord God in a Material Plane through the Amethyst Crystal containing his World Freeze technique and confronted him with the Lord God Assembly’s decision.
• Snowfall admitted abandoning the Water Element God Plane but said he would resist if his punishment endangered his life.
• Locke declared that the punishment would not cost Snowfall his life, then used Ordinance: Spatial Transfer to pull him into the Spatial Turbulence.

Lord Locke used the Law of Destiny to bring Snowfall Lord God before the assembly and sentenced him for neglecting the Water Element God Plane. The Overlords debated Locke’s proposal and refused Ov’s attempt to elevate Locke’s rank, leaving Locke to reaffirm that he would wait until his strength matched theirs.

• Lord Locke used Fate Law to pull Snowfall Lord God from the Spatial Turbulence and asked whether he had anything to say in his defense.
• Lord Locke stripped Snowfall Lord God of his Intermediate Lord God status and ordered him to regulate the Water Element God Plane for fifty million years out of every hundred million.
• Destruction Overlord Uthred accepted Lord Locke’s proposal for Hell, while Life Overlord Vivian exempted the Life Lord Gods from its fixed requirement.
• Destiny Overlord Ov suggested making Lord Locke an Overlord equal to the four Rule Overlords, but Vivian and Uthred argued that rank depended on strength.
• Lord Locke rejected Ov’s proposal, saying his strength remained below the four Overlords and promising to notify Ov if he ever reached their level.

After the fourth Lord God Assembly, Locke remained in Nether Mountain while the Lord Gods’ reforms improved conditions across the God Planes. He searched for the remaining natural treasures and weighed the threat of Supreme Artifacts before turning to the Divine Beast Essence Blood he needed for his plans.

• The Death Overlord, Lilia, asked Locke whether he would move to the Water Element God Plane, and he said only his Destiny Divine Clone would remain there.
• The Lord Gods’ efforts to sort out the Laws increased elemental density and made cultivation easier in the God Planes, drawing powerful experts from the Supreme Planes.
• Oakes delivered natural treasures and Divine Beast Essence Blood to Locke, who told him to search for newly emerged experts that might possess the Black Demon Shirt or Blood Shadow Flame.
• Locke warned Oakes to seize the Blood Shadow Flame with Sovereign’s Might if he found it, and ordered him to monitor factions collecting natural treasures.
• Locke destroyed the delivered natural treasures and confirmed none were Supreme God tokens, then considered whether the other Great Rule Overlords might obtain Supreme Artifacts.
• Locke selected over thirty drops of space-type Divine Beast Essence Blood from the latest delivery.

Locke continued pursuing the Spacetime Law as his path to transcendence while Lilia explained why Sovereigns issued missions to their legions. She suggested a mission involving the Nether Sea, where the former Nine Nether Legion had become pirates under Commander Arganis.

• Locke prioritized comprehending the Spacetime Law over fusing the Water-Fate Law and kept his efforts to collect Divine Beast Essence Blood secret.
• Lilia explained that Sovereign missions rewarded legion soldiers and helped strengthen their forces, prompting Locke to consider what mission he could assign.
• Lilia urged Locke to use his Spiritual Sense to inspect the Nether Sea and introduced it as the largest sea in the Underworld.
• After the Nine Nether Lord God fell and the Nine Nether Legion suffered heavy losses, Arganis raided tribes to replenish its ranks and established the Nine Nether Pirates.
• Several bandit factions joined the Nine Nether Pirates, which came to command at least ten of the Nether Sea’s eighty-one islands.

Locke ordered Oakes to lead the Sovereign Legion into the Nether Sea and crush its pirate factions after discovering their large-scale slaughter and plunder of island inhabitants. Five battalions set out, but observers doubted they could defeat Arganis and the other powerful pirates.

• Locke learned that Arganis's pirates slaughtered island inhabitants and replaced them with abducted beings, while Locke considered the practice intolerable.
• Locke assigned Oakes the first Sovereign Legion mission: sweep away the bandit factions on all eighty-one islands and make the pirates suffer the helplessness of being slaughtered.
• The Sovereign Legion's soldiers cheered for the mission, and seven battalions fought over which units would go; the Second Battalion lost and stayed behind to guard the Nether Mountain Range.
• Oakes led five battalions toward the Nether Sea, and the Legion attacked raiding bands along the way.
• Observers recognized Oakes and the Legion's target but doubted the campaign, since Arganis had a Sovereign Artifact and could hold Oakes off.

Locke’s Sovereign Legion began crushing the pirate bands across the Nether Sea while Locke’s Destiny Lord God Clone achieved a major breakthrough in fusing Water Law with Fate Law. He shared the news with Lilia, the Death Overlord, and invited her to travel with him, leaving them poised to enjoy the moment together.

• Locke’s Sovereign Legion fought the pirate bands occupying the eighty-one Nine Nether Islands and easily defeated them with coordinated Magic Battle Arrays.
• Locke’s Destiny Lord God Clone completed the fusion of his fourth Water Law Profundity with Fate Law, multiplying his strength and surpassing the other Rule Overlords in raw power.
• Locke traveled to the Sovereign Palace on Nether Mountain and told Lilia about his breakthrough.
• Lilia reacted with shock and suggested announcing Locke’s new standing at a Lord God Assembly, but Locke declined to share the news with the other Lord Gods yet.
• Locke invited Lilia to travel through the various planes with him, and she accepted his invitation.

Locke invited Lilia to travel with him, and she chose to begin in the Frost Snow Plane, where Locke revisited the places and memories of his life. After visiting his parents’ graves, they left for Hell, while Alder decided not to report what he had overheard.

• Locke and Lilia arrived in the Frost Snow Plane, where Alder greeted them and learned they knew about Ceres’s past actions.
• Locke showed Lilia the village where he was born and revisited the events of his life, from leaving Pu'er Village to becoming the Grand Duke of the Frost Snow Empire.
• Locke and Lilia visited his parents’ graves, and Lilia silently kept her failure to find any trace of them in the Undead Realm from him.
• Lilia chose to leave for Hell with Locke rather than explore places he had never visited.
• Alder considered reporting their comments about the Snowfall Sovereign but decided that doing so would be pointless and dangerous.

Locke and Lilia visited Blood River Prefecture, where Locke recalled the battle that had drawn a Sovereign’s attention to him. The Death Overlord questioned the Purple Thorn Sovereign about who had supplied the enemy’s Lord God Power, while Locke and Lilia considered whether she had been involved.

• Locke told Lilia that Bella Kex, the former Prefect of Blood River Prefecture, had used three drops of Destruction Lord God Power, prompting him to seek Azure Dragon Lord God Reiding’s protection.
• The Death Overlord asked the Purple Thorn Sovereign whether she had given Bella Kex the Lord God Power; Purple Thorn swore she had not and named Muya Lord God and Blood Peak Lord God Pash as possible suspects.
• After the Death Overlord’s Spiritual Sense departed, the Purple Thorn Sovereign detected Locke and the Death Overlord’s Divine Clones in Blood River Prefecture and realized Locke had noticed her spying.
• Lilia asked Locke whether the Purple Thorn Sovereign might have supplied the Lord God Power, and Locke judged it unlikely because Purple Thorn Castle already gathered substantial Power of Faith.

The Death Overlord secretly beat up Blood Peak Lord God Pash and Muya Lord God to avenge Locke, while Locke and Lilia continued retracing his past. At the place where they first met, Locke proposed marriage to Lilia, and the lightning around Nether Mountain began to writhe.

• Lilia asked what Locke would do if he learned which Lord God had given Sovereign's Might to Bella Kex, and Locke said he might beat the culprit up but would not kill someone who had obeyed the Lord God Pact.
• The Death Overlord traveled to Hell, informed Destruction Overlord Uthred that Pash and Muya had offended her, and then confronted them; afterward, both Lord Gods hid their true bodies as rumors spread that they had been beaten.
• Locke and Lilia watched a fight at Blood River Prefecture's Battle Arena, then visited Black Rock City, where Locke explained that his curse had made Golden Turtle Tribe members serve as enforcers or slaves and that Amanel had brought the slaves into the city.
• Locke and Lilia revisited the Water Mansion where they had first met and reflected on how Locke's meeting with the Death Overlord had changed his life.
• Locke knelt before Lilia with a red box and asked her to marry him, while the lightning chains around Nether Mountain began to writhe and terrify nearby magical beasts.

Locke and the Death Overlord Lilia married, prompting the other Sovereigns to reassess the threat posed by Locke’s growing power. Uthred abandoned his rivalry with Lilia and resolved to create an ultimate move capable of matching Locke.

• Locke appeared beside Lilia, and she warned that the Netherworld’s power would let her kill him if he acted too excessively; he placed a ring on her finger and married her.
• The Sovereigns learned of the marriage and recognized that Locke’s fused laws had brought him to the level of the Rule Overlords, while Vivian anticipated that Ov would call the others to discuss him.
• Uthred learned of the marriage and decided that he would no longer regard Lilia as a rival because she had married Locke.
• Uthred considered Locke’s Paragon-level mastery of Water and Destiny and feared what Locke might achieve as a more powerful Soul Variant.
• Uthred realized that Lilia might help Locke seize a Water Element Intermediate Lord Godhead, then returned to creating an ultimate move so he could face Locke without fear.