Chapter Summaries

After escaping the Sovereigns by entering a Material Plane, Locke explained to Lilia how he broke through by absorbing Space Power and became the universe’s first deity of the space element. He revealed that his true body had reached Sovereign-level strength, and the chapter left Lilia convinced that Locke might be the only one capable of cultivating the Law of Space.

• Destiny Overlord Ov judged that the being who entered the Material Plane was weaker than a Sovereign, and the Sovereigns stopped pursuing him to avoid destroying the plane.
• After returning to the Underworld, Locke told Lilia that he had absorbed Space Power from the Spatial Turbulence to complete his breakthrough.
• Locke explained that the Law of Space was inscribed in his soul because the Law of Heaven and Earth had raised his soul beyond the need for a spatial divine spark.
• Lilia concluded that the Law of Space required such rare cultivation and soul conditions that she could never master it herself.
• Locke told Lilia that his true body had Sovereign Artifact-level physical strength and was roughly ten times stronger than an Intermediate Sovereign.

Locke strengthened his main body with three-element fused divine power and began refining a Godhead Weapon while his Water Element Divine Clone practiced combining the Water Law with the Law of Space. When Oakes and Ryan reported that Arganis had escaped through a spatial vortex, Locke traced him to Destiny Overlord Ov’s courtyard in the Heaven Realm, where Ov noticed Locke’s search.

• After the Death Overlord returned to her palace, Locke fused Water and Fate Lord God Power with spatial divine power, further strengthening his main body.
• Locke sent his Water Element Divine Clone to bring the Godhead Essence materials to the Underworld, then worked on refining the Godhead Weapon while his clone practiced the Law of Space.
• Locke used Space Transfer to bring Oakes and Ryan from Nether Mountain to him, and they reported that Arganis had been pulled into a spatial vortex during their fight.
• Locke realized that his earlier spatial-vortex scheme had accidentally transported Arganis to an unknown Material Plane and reassured Oakes and Ryan that their failure was not their fault.
• Using Arganis’s lingering aura and the power of Fate Law, Locke located him prostrating himself before Destiny Overlord Ov in the Heaven Realm.
• Ov sensed Locke’s search, looked toward the sky with a faint smile, and caused the image in Locke’s curtain of light to collapse.

Locke traced Arganis and the second Death Supreme God token, Blood Shadow Flame, to Destiny Overlord Ov’s estate in the Heaven Realm. He traveled there to meet Ov and negotiate for the token, while Death Overlord Lilia watched with concern.

• Locke told Oakes and Ryan that Arganis was in Ov’s estate and sent them back to oversee the Sovereign Legion.
• Locke’s Destiny Lord God Clone traveled through the Spatial Turbulence toward the Heaven Realm, drawing the attention of the other Lord Gods.
• Lilia visited Locke and learned that Arganis had been sucked into an unknown Material Plane before ending up in Ov’s hands with Blood Shadow Flame.
• Locke reassured Lilia that he would first try to recover the token peacefully, but would fight Ov if negotiations failed.
• Locke greeted Ov through his Spiritual Sense, and Ov opened a Spatial Rift to welcome him into his estate.
• Locke and Ov sat together in a pavilion as Ov remarked that they had never spoken face-to-face since Locke became a Lord God.

Locke met Destiny Overlord Ov in the Heaven Realm, where they discussed their Great Perfection achievements and the fate of Arganis, the former Nine Nether Lord God’s Sovereign Envoy. Ov mistook Arganis’s connection to the fabricated spatial vortex for a link to a creature within it, and Locke learned that Ov’s speculation had kept the vortex from being destroyed.

• Ov praised Locke’s Great Perfection in both the Fate and Water Laws, while Arganis listened in shock.
• Locke asked Ov to settle Arganis’s situation before discussing cooperation, and Arganis realized the Nine Nether Lord God had died in the previous Sovereign war.
• Ov explained that he had recruited Arganis to investigate a creature he believed was connected to the spatial vortex, and offered to relinquish it if Locke provided blood essence for research.
• Locke realized Ov had not detected the Blood Shadow Flame within Arganis and had misunderstood the vortex’s nature.
• Locke’s true body and the Death Overlord laughed at Ov’s speculation, then the Death Overlord explained that Ov’s experience with Material Plane elemental vortices had kept the other Rule Overlords from destroying Locke’s spatial vortex.

Lord Locke rejected Destiny Overlord Ov’s offer and demanded that Arganis lose his Sovereign Envoy status and surrender his Sovereign Artifact. Ov destroyed the artifact to settle the matter, but Locke noticed signs that Arganis possessed another one.

• Lord Locke refused Ov’s proposal and said he had come to strip Arganis of his title and reclaim the Nine Nether Lord God’s Sovereign Artifact.
• Arganis knelt, explained why he had become a raider, and offered his Fangtian Huaji to Lord Locke.
• Ov chose to protect Arganis and destroyed the Fangtian Huaji with a word, declaring that Arganis was no longer a Sovereign Envoy.
• Lord Locke questioned Ov’s conclusion, saying he could see traces of a second Sovereign Artifact on Arganis.

Lord Locke extracted Blood Shadow Flame from Arganis, prompting Destiny Overlord Ov to attack him in the Spatial Turbulence. Lord Locke overwhelmed Ov in their first exchange, leaving the watching Sovereigns wondering how his power had increased so dramatically.

• Lord Locke pulled Blood Shadow Flame from Arganis's soul, and Ov tried to seize it while accusing Lord Locke of attacking his Sovereign Envoy.
• Lord Locke blocked Ov's attack, and their clash destroyed Ov's courtyard, killing the God-level Experts there as both Overlords were drawn into the Spatial Turbulence.
• Lord Locke and Ov began fighting with a Sovereign Artifact longsword and the power of the Water-Life Fusion Law, drawing the attention of Sovereigns across the planes.
• In Nether Mountain, Lord Locke explained to the Death Overlord that Ov's positive emotions masked his ruthless nature and recalled Ov's deception of Linley.
• Lord Locke shattered Ov's longsword with one blow and sent him flying, while the watching Sovereigns speculated that Lord Locke had refined a Water Lord Godhead.

As Locke drove Destiny Overlord Ov toward defeat, Uthred realized Locke’s strength had grown a thousandfold and that he had surpassed the Rule Overlords. Uthred and Vivian went to intervene, but Locke stopped Lilia from following and waited to hear what they would do.

• The watching Sovereigns saw Ov suffer grievous injuries against Locke, and Uthred realized Ov had concealed his true strength during their earlier fight.
• Uthred deduced that Locke’s fused Law cultivation had raised his strength a thousandfold, then entered the Spatial Turbulence after asking Vivian to help save Ov.
• Vivian considered the threat Locke’s strength posed to the universe’s balance and entered the Spatial Turbulence to join Uthred.
• The Death Overlord worried Uthred and Vivian might intervene unfairly, so she offered to stop them while Locke continued fighting Ov.
• Locke closed the Spatial Rift Lilia opened, asked her to trust him, and said he wanted to hear what Uthred and Vivian had to say.

Lord Locke explained that Destiny Overlord Ov had attacked him after he removed a Sovereign Artifact from Arganis, violating the Lord God Pact. With Life Overlord Vivian and Destruction Overlord Uthred demanding an explanation, Ov faced judgment while Locke paused his assault.

• Lord Locke continued overpowering Destiny Overlord Ov, while Augusta feared to enter the Spatial Turbulence and reveal himself.
• Life Overlord Vivian and Destruction Overlord Uthred arrived and asked why Locke and Ov were fighting.
• Lord Locke said he had pursued Arganis, a pirate and former Sovereign Envoy, to reclaim a Sovereign Artifact, but Ov attacked him during the retrieval.
• Lord Locke asked Vivian and Uthred to help apprehend Ov for violating the Lord God Pact by attacking a lower-ranking Lord God without cause.
• Vivian asked Ov to answer Locke's accusation, and Locke slowed his attacks to give Ov a chance to recover.

Destiny Overlord Ov defended his attack on Locke, revealing that Locke could survive the death of his Destiny Sovereign True Body and return stronger by claiming a Water Lord Godhead. As the gathered Lord Gods learned of Locke’s breakthrough and the gray flame’s possible link to a spatial vortex, Locke and the Death Overlord arrived in the Spatial Turbulence, where Uthred challenged him.

• Ov argued that he had only punished Locke for attacking his Sovereign Envoy, Arganis, and swore that he had not intended to kill Locke.
• Ov revealed that Locke could use the Death Overlord’s help to claim a Water Lord Godhead if his Destiny Sovereign True Body died, startling the watching Lord Gods.
• Ov claimed the gray flame was connected to the spatial vortex that had appeared centuries earlier and explained that he had recruited Arganis to investigate it.
• Lord Gods gathered in the Spatial Turbulence as Locke’s Water Element Divine Clone and the Death Overlord joined Uthred and Vivian.
• Uthred accused Locke of hiding his strength, and Locke replied that Uthred had also doubted the Death Overlord would marry someone weaker than herself.

Locke explained that Blood Shadow Flame was unrelated to the spatial vortex and let Uthred and Vivian read the Death Supreme God Mirror’s information about it. Uthred, Vivian, and the Death Overlord recognized Locke’s power and status, but Locke attacked Ov when the Destiny Overlord began to respond, and the Death Overlord stopped him from continuing.

• Locke handed the Death Supreme God Mirror to Vivian, who read its contents and passed it to Uthred, revealing that the gray flame was Blood Shadow Flame and that it was tied to a Supreme God Mission.
• Uthred confirmed that Blood Shadow Flame had nothing to do with the spatial vortex and recognized Locke’s Fate Sovereign true body as a Rule Overlord and his Water Element Divine Clone as a Law Overlord; Vivian and the Death Overlord agreed.
• When Ov began to respond to the question of Locke’s status, Locke struck him with Thousand Mile Sky-Reaching Palm, nearly shattering his body.
• Locke told Ov to stop talking and warned that his next attack could be stronger, while Ov used Sovereign’s Might to recover.
• The Death Overlord told Locke to end the matter and stop attacking and humiliating Ov.

Lord Locke stopped short of killing Destiny Overlord Ov after the Death Overlord intervened, then discussed the Supreme God mission with the other Rule Overlords. The chapter ended with Sovereigns recognizing Lord Locke’s breakthroughs in Fate and Water as the result of Heterogeneous Law Fusion rather than the Water Lord Godhead.

• Lord Locke warned Destiny Overlord Ov that he might take Ov’s place if Ov provoked him again, then let him return to the Heaven Realm after the Death Overlord stopped the fight.
• Life Overlord Vivian asked the Death Overlord about the Supreme God Mirror, and the Death Overlord said it had fallen through a Spatial Rift while she slept.
• Lord Locke explained that Supreme God missions could help Sovereigns grow stronger and suggested that the Supreme Gods issued them to preserve the universe and motivate its guardians.
• The Death Overlord worried that keeping the mission secret might displease the Supreme Gods, and Lord Locke assured her they would reveal it at a Lord God Assembly after finding the third relic.
• The Sovereigns concluded that Lord Locke’s Fate True Body and Water Element Divine Clone had advanced through Heterogeneous Law Fusion, not by taking the Water Lord Godhead.

Locke used the Soul Annihilation Pearl and Blood Shadow Flame to trace a connection between the Supreme God artifacts, then followed its signal into the Spatial Turbulence. Meanwhile, Ov backed down and returned Azure Wave to the Water Element God Plane, while the Lord Gods recognized Locke’s growing dominance.

• The Lord Gods concluded that Locke’s recent breakthrough was far from his limit and feared how powerful he might become.
• Locke activated a magic array that drew on the Death Rule, causing the Soul Annihilation Pearl and Blood Shadow Flame to converge and reveal a directional signal.
• Locke followed the signal through the Spatial Turbulence, while the Lord Gods watched but dared not interfere.
• Ov stayed out of the Spatial Turbulence because he feared Locke would kill him after their previous defeat.
• Azure Wave returned to the Water Element God Plane and worked with two Lesser Lord Gods to strengthen its Water Law and water elemental essence.
• The Lord Gods understood Azure Wave’s return as Ov yielding to Locke and believed Locke would continue pursuing cultivation rather than using a Lord Godhead to grow stronger.

Locke continued pursuing transcendence through the Law of Space and located the Material Plane containing the Black Demon Shirt, assigning others to search for it. Meanwhile, he completed his Godhead Lord Artifact spear, which surpassed the other Sovereigns’ Lord Artifacts in durability and power.

• Locke reasoned that he would need to fuse the Laws of Time and Space into the Spacetime Law to survive Primordial Space and transcend the Coiling Dragon Universe.
• Locke followed the bead’s arrow through Spatial Turbulence and identified the Material Plane holding the Black Demon Shirt, though his Spiritual Sense could not detect the relic itself.
• Locke told Lilia the relic’s location, and she issued a Sovereign mission for people to search for the Black Demon Shirt.
• Christina, Mira, Figueroa, Ceres, and others arrived in the Material Plane; Locke gave Christina the sensing bead and left them to search.
• Locke finished refining his spear into a Godhead Lord Artifact using fused Sovereign’s Might from the spatial, water, and fate elements.

Locke used Mirror Flower Water Moon and a Magic Array to trick the Law of Heaven and Earth into granting his Godhead Lord Artifact spear Paragon-level Water Laws and Willpower. He revealed the spear to Lilia, the Death Overlord, and invited her to test its power with her Water Element Divine Clone.

• Locke disguised his spear as an Azure Dragon Divine Beast and deceived the Law of Heaven and Earth into adding Water Law Profundities to it.
• After the spear displayed six fused Water Laws, the Law of Heaven and Earth bestowed a portion of Willpower upon it.
• Locke released the Azure Dragon-shaped spear across Nether Mountain, alarming its inhabitants and drawing the Death Overlord's attention.
• The Death Overlord confronted the Azure Dragon, then recognized Locke when he revealed himself and the creature reverted to a spear.
• Locke told Lilia to use her Water Element Divine Clone to experience the spear's power.

Locke revealed a Sovereign Artifact spear forged with Great Perfection Water Laws and Willpower, astonishing the Death Overlord and her Water Element Divine Clone, Lilia. After demonstrating the weapon’s two forms and immense power, the Death Overlord warned Locke that other Sovereigns might attack to seize it.

• The Death Overlord guessed that Locke had forged a Sovereign Artifact containing Great Perfection Water Law Profundities, and Locke confirmed it.
• Lilia grasped the spear and gained command of the six Water Law Profundities, then cracked the Sovereign Palace with an ice-dragon attack.
• Locke had Lilia bind the spear with blood, revealing that it contained Great Perfection Willpower that could stack with her own.
• The Death Overlord took the spear and found that its Willpower stacked with her Sovereign Willpower, greatly increasing her strength.
• Locke transformed the spear into an Azure Dragon Divine Beast and explained that its divine spark formed its body while the Law of Heaven and Earth infused it with Great Perfection Water Laws and Willpower.
• The Death Overlord warned Locke not to give the weapon to other God-level Experts because its power could tempt Sovereigns to violate the Lord God Pact and steal it.

After forging the Azure Dragon Spear, Locke explained the limits on creating Paragon Law Sovereign Artifacts, and the Death Overlord decided she wanted a child with him. Locke began forging the Spear of Destiny and considered advancing his Water-Life Fusion Law to leave their future child a powerful artifact, while also contemplating a future bargain with Bellute for a Sovereign Godhead.

• Locke told the Death Overlord that each Paragon Law could produce only one Law Sovereign Artifact capable of drawing down Willpower.
• The Death Overlord, reassured by the Azure Dragon Spear’s power, asked Locke to have a child with her, and he agreed while warning that their unusual forms might make offspring difficult.
• Locke forged the Fate Law Sovereign Artifact, the Spear of Destiny, which also drew down Paragon Willpower.
• Locke postponed forging a Water-and-Fate dual-element artifact so he could pursue further fusion of the Water-Life Fusion Law and create something powerful for their future child.
• Locke recalled the future deaths of the Four Divine Beasts Sovereigns and considered trading Bellute freedom for his Sovereign True Body in the Underworld for one of the recovered Sovereign Godheads.

Locke considered when Destiny Overlord Ov might endanger the Four Divine Beasts Sovereigns, then continued cultivating while Christina and the others searched unsuccessfully for the Black Demon Shirt. His visit to a Material Plane ended with a badly burned youth begging him for a chance to become stronger.

• Locke estimated that Augusta would likely attack the Four Divine Beasts Sovereigns only after obtaining an offensive Supreme Artifact, perhaps fifteen hundred to eighteen hundred eras later.
• Locke recorded his predictions and resumed cultivating the fusion of Water Law and Fate Law, the fusion of Water Law and the Law of Space, and the Law of Space itself.
• Christina and the others searched the Material Plane for the Black Demon Shirt by collecting gray robes, but decades of searching yielded nothing.
• Locke took a break in an inn and later turned into an empty alley, where a burned youth knelt before him and begged to learn cultivation.
• Locke asked the youth how he knew Locke could teach him to become stronger.

Locke recognized Dannington as a gifted youth whose intense emotions gave him unusual spiritual potential, and agreed to teach him. He healed Dannington, brought him to a forest manor he created, and prepared to begin training him the next day.

• Locke sensed Dannington’s powerful spirituality and asked how the youth knew Locke could make him stronger.
• Dannington said instinct had drawn him to Locke after his family was destroyed, and explained that he sought power for revenge.
• Locke recognized Dannington’s name as a future Paragon and decided the youth could help him learn how to educate his own children.
• Locke healed Dannington’s injuries with Water Therapy and told him to follow.
• Locke created a manor near a waterfall with Fate Law and told Dannington to rest before lessons began the next day.

Locke trained Dannington for ten years to test methods he hoped to use for his future child, and Dannington left to avenge his family. Locke later watched Dannington die after a hunt for the Black Demon Shirt drew him into conflict with powerful figures, and abandoned his plan to make him a Sovereign Envoy.

• Locke explained that he was teaching Dannington to prepare for raising his future child, then taught him the Qi Nurturing Form, mage meditation, and knowledge of Laws and Rules.
• After ten years of training, Dannington reached Rank 7 as a Warrior and Mage, thanked Locke, and asked for freedom to avenge his family.
• Locke told Dannington he had always been free and urged him to wear the Black Demon Shirt, but Dannington left to pursue revenge.
• Dannington learned that nobles had used the search for a gray shirt as an excuse to plunder, and he purged those responsible for his family's destruction.
• The nations falsely claimed Dannington possessed the shirt, prompting a plane-wide hunt; after reaching Saint-level, he was killed by Figueroa, a Five-star Demon.
• Locke watched Dannington's soul enter the Undead Realm and gave up on making him a Sovereign Envoy.

After Locke restored Dannington’s memories in the Undead Realm, Dannington dedicated himself to the Death Rule and pursued revenge against Figueroa. Over nearly six hundred thousand years, Dannington became a Death Rule Paragon, and Locke appeared to meet him and retrieve the Black Demon Shirt.

• Locke brought the Black Demon Shirt to the Undead Realm, where the Death Overlord restored Dannington’s memories and Dannington vowed to seek revenge.
• Dannington focused on cultivating the Death Rule, and with the Black Demon Shirt’s help he became a Low-grade God and left the Undead Realm after just over a hundred years.
• Locke secretly observed and recorded Dannington’s progress as he advanced through the Death Rule over hundreds of thousands of years.
• Dannington fully comprehended the Death Rule and became a Paragon, prompting Locke to teleport to his side.
• Dannington greeted Locke as his former teacher and wondered whether he should now call him Sovereign Locke.