Chapter Summaries

Dannington learned that Teacher Locke was the Sovereign who had sent Figueroa to find the Black Demon Shirt, a token of the Death Supreme God, and had guided Dannington’s path to becoming a Death Paragon. Locke offered to trade a material-defense Sovereign Artifact for the shirt, and Dannington was left considering the years of care and trust behind Locke’s actions.

• Dannington realized that Teacher Locke was the legendary Sovereign Locke and asked why he had come to see him.
• Locke offered to exchange a material-defense Sovereign Artifact for Dannington’s Black Demon Shirt, explaining its origins and powers as a Death Supreme God token.
• Dannington asked whether Locke had sent Figueroa and the others to his home plane to search for the shirt, and Locke confirmed it.
• Dannington questioned why Locke had let him keep the shirt and had allowed Figueroa to kill him, and Locke explained that he had arranged Dannington’s return from the Undead Realm to test whether he could reach Death Paragon.
• Locke revealed that he had watched over Dannington for more than five hundred thousand years and had expected him to become the first Death Paragon.

Dannington became a Paragon of the Death Rule and returned the Black Demon Shirt to Locke, who offered him a favor instead of a Sovereign Artifact. Dannington wanted revenge on Figueroa, so Locke warned him about the danger of challenging a Sovereign and demonstrated the gulf in their strength.

• Dannington broke through to become a Paragon of the Death Rule and returned the Black Demon Shirt to Locke.
• Locke offered Dannington a favor in exchange for the shirt and warned him that a Paragon was far weaker than a Sovereign.
• Dannington asked whether Locke would side with him if he sought revenge on Figueroa, and Locke explained that he would have to defend his Sovereign Legion's squadron commander.
• Locke advised Dannington to seek protection from a rival Rule Overlord or avoid attacking Figueroa, and named the possible Overlords who might oppose him.
• Dannington asked Locke to demonstrate the gap between a Paragon and a Sovereign, and Locke shattered his body with a restrained flick of his finger.
• Dannington restored his body and recognized his weakness, while Locke considered how Paragons might explore higher laws.

Dannington left Lotus Rock Island after learning that he would need an Overlord’s protection to kill Figueroa without provoking the Lord Gods. Locke returned to the Death Sovereign and began using Mirror Flower Water Moon to reshape Lilia’s cultivation of the Death Rule, cutting off the Power of Faith’s influence.

• Dannington resolved to seek the protection of one of the three Overlords before returning to kill Figueroa, then flew toward the Netherworld.
• Oakes sensed Dannington’s departure and reflected on his own limits and the difficulty of growing stronger.
• Locke returned to Lilia with the Black Demon Shirt and told her that Dannington had become a Death Paragon.
• Locke and Lilia agreed to delay summoning the Death Supreme God until after a Lord God Assembly.
• Locke entered Lilia’s soul and used Mirror Flower Water Moon to recreate her cultivation, preventing the Power of Faith from affecting her Death Rule and replacing that influence with her own comprehension.

After Death Overlord independently comprehended 99 percent of the Death Rule, Locke ended his Mirror Flower Water Moon illusion, but she mistook him for an intruder and attacked. Locke escaped to the Spatial Turbulence and decided to hide in the Water Element God Plane until Lilia's memories recovered.

• Death Overlord completed her independent comprehension of 99 percent of the Death Rule, and Locke withdrew his Soul Power and dispelled Mirror Flower Water Moon.
• Death Overlord awoke with her illusion-born memories dominant, failed to recognize Locke, and struck at him in anger.
• Locke used spatial barriers and Spatial Mirror Image to delay Death Overlord's attack, but she summoned her Sovereign Artifact whip after he called her Lilia.
• Locke fled into the Spatial Turbulence before Death Overlord could use the Heart of the Netherworld against him.
• Locke hid his presence from Death Overlord's Spiritual Sense and resolved to wait in the Water Element God Plane until Lilia's memories returned.

Locke reflected on how his illusions let him overwrite the Death Overlord’s cultivation memories and manifest a Death Rule, then resolved to gather the remaining Paragon laws and rules. He stayed in the Water Element God Plane while waiting for Lilia’s memories to return, as the Death Overlord remained fused with the Heart of the Netherworld and wondered who had infiltrated her palace.

• Locke returned to the Water Element God Plane and merged his Fate Sovereign true body into his original body.
• Locke realized his illusion had made Heaven and Earth accept the Death Overlord’s re-cultivated Death Rule, allowing him to remove the Power of Faith’s influence.
• Locke manifested the Death Rule through his illusion and considered gathering all eleven Paragon laws to pursue creating a universe of his own.
• Locke assessed the Paragons he still needed and concluded he would have to create four more, but he refused to abandon the goal.
• Locke stayed in the Water Element God Plane because Lilia’s memories had not awakened, while the Death Overlord fused with the Heart of the Netherworld and wondered who had entered her Sovereign Palace.

The Death Overlord recovered her memories of Locke and returned to seclusion to pursue a breakthrough to Paragon. Meanwhile, Dannington reached Nether Mountain to thank Locke and announce his coming confrontation with Figueroa, but Locke was away.

• The Death Overlord entered Locke's Water Mansion, touched its Floating Bridge, and recovered the memories Locke had sealed away.
• The Death Overlord realized Locke had protected her and returned to the Sovereign Palace to cultivate in seclusion, while Locke continued cultivating elsewhere.
• Dannington crossed Nether Mountain's Thunder Chains and entered the Water Mansion's mist, where Lilia welcomed him as Locke's wife.
• Dannington told Lilia he had come to thank Locke for his guidance and help, then said he planned to go to Hell and face Figueroa in a deadly confrontation.

Dannington sought Lilia’s advice about his grudge with Figueroa, then went to the Underworld with Uthred, prompting Locke to return and prepare for a challenge. The chapter left Uthred and Dannington waiting above Lotus Rock Island as Sovereigns gathered to watch.

• Lilia told Dannington that Uthred might support him against Locke, but Dannington worried about causing trouble for his teacher and left Nether Mountain.
• After Dannington departed, Lilia considered asking him to protect her and Locke’s future children and resolved to become a Paragon herself.
• Lilia’s Spiritual Sense awakened Locke and told him that Uthred and Dannington had arrived in the Underworld; Locke set off with his strongest Sovereign True Body.
• Locke and Lilia agreed to hold a Lord God Assembly after the confrontation and reveal the Supreme God Mission to the Sovereigns.
• Uthred and Dannington waited above Lotus Rock Island as Sovereigns gathered, while Dannington’s reputation as a Paragon drew attention and offers of support.

Dannington and the Destruction Overlord Uthred confronted Locke’s Sovereign Legion, prompting Locke to defend his soldiers and heal them. Dannington revealed he had come to seek justice for Figueroa’s actions in his home plane, while Locke’s favor remained unused.

• Uthred brought Dannington to Lotus Rock Island, where Oakes attacked them and Dannington swiftly injured Oakes’s soldiers.
• Dannington explained that he and Uthred had come to speak with Locke, and Oakes and the soldiers knelt to apologize for attacking a Lord God.
• Locke appeared and argued that his legion had been defending its territory, then healed the injured soldiers and told them they had done nothing wrong.
• Locke revealed that Dannington had refused a Sovereign Artifact in exchange for an item and had chosen to receive Locke’s favor instead.
• Dannington said he had come to seek justice rather than use Locke’s favor, and began explaining that Figueroa had entered his home plane.

Dannington revealed that Figueroa had killed him in a Material Plane before he became a Paragon, and he came to Lotus Rock Island to settle the grudge. Destruction Overlord Uthred made Dannington his envoy and challenged Lord Locke, whose battle with Uthred began in the Spatial Turbulence.

• Dannington explained that Figueroa had killed him before his rise and said he had come to fight Figueroa under Lord Locke.
• Lord Locke warned Dannington that attacking a Sovereign Legion captain would provoke him, but Destruction Overlord Uthred revealed that Dannington was his Sovereign Envoy and ordered him to kill one or two captains.
• Destruction Overlord Uthred challenged Lord Locke, who accepted and entered the Spatial Turbulence; the other Sovereigns fled the area.
• Lord Locke attacked Uthred with the Thousand Mile—Sky-Reaching Palm, and Uthred met it with a concentrated spear thrust.
• Lord Locke's palm and Uthred's spear collided, unleashing a shockwave that shattered the surrounding Spatial Turbulence.

Dannington moved to kill Figueroa, but Oakes offered his own life and invoked Lord Locke’s expectations to protect his son. Ceres rallied the Fifth Battalion against Dannington, who broke their Magic Battle Array with a Willpower-laden Soul Attack.

• Oakes confronted Dannington and offered to die in place of Figueroa, arguing that his death would leave his son alive with lasting remorse.
• Figueroa tried to accept responsibility, but Oakes knocked him unconscious with a roar containing a Soul Attack.
• Oakes claimed that, as a Soul Variant trained by Lord Locke, he could one day rival or surpass a Paragon, making Dannington hesitate over killing him.
• Dannington dismissed Oakes’s claims, shattered his attack with one punch, and sent him crashing into Lotus Rock Island.
• Ceres ordered the Fifth Battalion to form a Magic Battle Array and struck at Dannington with a thousand-meter greatsword.
• Dannington destroyed the greatsword and broke the battle array with a powerful Soul Attack, knocking the Sovereign Legion soldiers unconscious.

Lord Locke revealed that his body had reached Sovereign Artifact strength while fighting Destruction Overlord Uthred, stunning the watching Lord Gods. Meanwhile, Dannington defeated the Sovereign Legion forces on Lotus Rock Island and revived Figueroa, leaving Figueroa to face the fallen soldiers.

• Destruction Overlord Uthred used his new move to clash evenly with Lord Locke, who eventually shattered the power on Uthred's Sovereign Artifact spear with a finger.
• Wind Overlord Diya recognized that Lord Locke's body had the strength of a Sovereign Artifact, shocking the Lord Gods watching the fight.
• Dannington overwhelmed the Sovereign Legion soldiers on Lotus Rock Island after defeating the Fifth Legion led by Ceres.
• Dannington used Sovereign's Might to wake Figueroa, who opened his eyes to the fallen soldiers and began to speak.

Dannington killed Figueroa and threw Oakes into the Spatial Turbulence, while Locke fought Destruction Overlord Uthred and then rescued Oakes. Back in the Underworld, Locke revived the Sovereign Legion soldiers and told Oakes to rebuild the legion and earn respect through strength.

• Dannington killed Figueroa, then caught Oakes's attack and threw him into the Spatial Turbulence rather than killing him.
• Locke revealed that his body had the toughness of a Sovereign Artifact and battered Uthred, while Destiny Overlord Ov watched and drew inspiration for his own research.
• Uthred used the arrival of Oakes in the Spatial Turbulence as an excuse to declare a draw and retreat toward Hell.
• Locke took Oakes back to the Underworld and revived the unconscious Sovereign Legion soldiers with Sovereign's Might.
• Locke reminded Oakes that face depended on strength, and Oakes began reorganizing the Sovereign Legion while storing Figueroa's corpse in a Space Ring.

Figueroa survived Dannington’s revenge because Oakes had hidden his original body, and Locke learned that the Death Overlord had arranged a compromise. After reconciling with Lilia, Locke agreed to announce the completed Supreme God mission and discussed how to use its reward.

• Yagonia scolded Figueroa for provoking Dannington, while Oakes explained that he had hidden Figueroa’s Saint Domain original body after the Death Overlord warned him.
• Locke entered the Death Overlord’s palace, and she apologized for nearly killing him after recovering her memories.
• The Death Overlord became Lilia to comfort Locke, then told him how she had arranged for Figueroa’s Water Element Divine Clone to face Dannington while his original body remained safe.
• Locke praised Lilia’s solution and explained that he had credited Dannington with the Black Demon Shirt to conceal his ability to record Paragon Rules.
• Locke and the Death Overlord agreed to hold a Lord God Assembly and summon the Death Supreme God now that they had gathered all three Supreme God tokens.
• The Death Overlord offered Locke the wish granted by the Supreme God, and Locke suggested options including Willpower, a Supreme Artifact, or advancing the Death Rule to Paragon level.

The Death Overlord convened a Lord God Assembly to reveal the completed Death Supreme God Mission and explain what she and Lord Locke had learned about its purpose and possible rewards. She began outlining three optimal requests, starting with one that could help Sovereigns who were not Paragons.

• The Death Overlord and Lord Locke discussed whether she should use the mission’s reward to reach Paragon in the Death Rule or obtain a Supreme Artifact.
• Forty-one Sovereigns gathered in the Spatial Turbulence outside the Underworld for the Death Overlord’s assembly.
• The Death Overlord revealed the Supreme God Mirror and displayed the Black Demon Shirt, Blood Shadow Flame, and Soul Annihilation Pearl, announcing that the Death Supreme God Mission was complete.
• The Death Overlord explained that she and Lord Locke believed Supreme God Missions gave Sovereigns hope of improving their strength and preventing despair.
• The Death Overlord began presenting the three best requests she and Lord Locke had considered, introducing one useful to Sovereigns below Paragon level.

The Death Overlord summoned the Death Supreme God and chose a Supreme Artifact as her reward, receiving a powerful gray whip. After the Supreme God departed, Locke’s Sovereign Legion restored order in the Nether Sea, while news spread that Figueroa had returned alive after Dannington killed only one of his Divine Clones.

• The Death Overlord explained that Sovereigns could request Paragon status, Willpower, or a Supreme Artifact from a Supreme God.
• The Death Overlord summoned the Death Supreme God, who announced that she was the first to complete a Supreme God Mission and invited her to state her wish.
• The Death Overlord requested a Supreme Artifact and received a gray whip that could shatter the surrounding space with a single test strike.
• The Death Supreme God glanced at Locke, smiled, and dispersed into strands of Death Rule.
• After the sixth Lord God Assembly, Oakes and Ryan led Locke’s Sovereign Legion in suppressing unrest in the Nether Sea.
• Figueroa returned to Locke’s Sovereign Legion, and factions helped spread the news to see how Dannington would react.

Dannington told Uthred he had no reason to kill Figueroa again, then challenged him to back another trip to the Underworld. Meanwhile, Locke and the other Sovereigns gathered as the four Supreme Gods opened a new plane in the Spatial Turbulence.

• Uthred and Dannington played chess while discussing Figueroa's return as a Divine Clone and the rumors that Dannington would kill him again.
• Dannington explained that he considered his vengeance complete and asked whether Uthred would support him if he returned to the Underworld.
• Uthred sensed a disturbance in the Spatial Turbulence and left to investigate.
• Locke and Lilia sensed the four Supreme Gods' arrival and led the gathered Sovereigns toward them.
• The four Supreme Gods joined the powers of Life, Destiny, Destruction, and Death to create a plane at the center of the Four Supreme Planes.

The Sovereigns established rules for the Plane Battlefield, where God-level beings would fight to reduce the burden on the universe and earn rewards. After the first Plane War began, Locke predicted that the Supreme Gods might reward repeated victories with Willpower, and asked Lilia whether she wanted to pursue that reward.

• The four Rule Supreme Gods created the Plane Battlefield and transmitted its purpose to the Sovereigns.
• The Death Overlord proposed Plane War rules and rewards, and the Sovereigns established how the wars would operate; Vivian said the Life God Realm would not participate.
• The Sovereigns publicized the Plane Wars and the rewards of Sovereign's Might for Soldier Badges and Sovereign Artifacts for Commander Badges, prompting widespread discussion among God-level beings.
• At the Sovereign Palace, Locke told the Death Overlord that repeated Plane War victories might earn Willpower from the Supreme Gods.
• Locke asked Lilia whether she wanted the possible Willpower reward, recalling that he had hoped to secure ten consecutive victories for her.

Locke abandoned plans to pursue the Plane Battlefield’s ten-victory willpower reward and entered seclusion to cultivate the Water-Life Fusion Law and Law of Space. After thirty trillion years and three Plane Wars, he emerged from the Spatial Turbulence and appeared before Lilia in the Underworld.

• Locke concluded that he and the Death Overlord no longer needed to pursue the Plane Battlefield reward, and Lilia urged him not to delay his cultivation for it.
• Locke split into three bodies, sending one to oversee the Water Element God Plane and cultivate the Water-Life Fusion Law, another to merge the Water Law and Law of Space, and his true body into the Spatial Turbulence.
• Five pairs of planes fought across the Plane Battlefield, where more than fifty Asura Prefect Lord-level experts fell in the first round of wars and successive conflicts left many factions weakened or rising.
• After thirty trillion years in seclusion, Locke emerged from the Spatial Turbulence, learned that three Plane Wars had passed, and appeared in Lilia’s Sovereign Palace in the Underworld.

After reaching Middle Heavenly God strength by mastering more of the Law of Space, Locke began using spatial bloodlines to continue advancing. He tasked Yan Feng with tracking promising experts across the remaining planes so he could recruit future Great Perfection experts as Sovereign Envoys.

• Locke told the Death Overlord that three trillion years of cultivation had raised his strength beyond the Law Overlords, though further progress through Great Perfection laws would be difficult.
• Locke returned to his Water Mansion, merged with his Water Element Divine Clone, and used accumulated essence blood and heavenly treasures to cultivate through spatial bloodlines.
• Locke explained that his bloodline cultivation could reveal more laws and improve his strength, but the Coiling Dragon Universe limited how far the system could develop.
• Yan Feng delivered new supplies, and Locke praised him while reflecting on how heavily Yan Feng relied on Sovereign's Might.
• Locke ordered Yan Feng to gather information on powerful rising experts across the Seven Great God Planes and Four Supreme Planes so Locke could record their laws or recruit them as Sovereign Envoys.

Locke traveled to Hell to gather the Four Divine Beasts Sovereigns’ Essence Blood, secretly accelerating the Four Divine Beast Family’s growth to increase his harvest. Ten million years later, Yan Feng returned with more resources, and Locke’s questioning left Yan Feng visibly anxious.

• Locke entered the Spatial Turbulence and reached Hell without alerting its Sovereigns.
• Locke concealed himself with Mirror Flower Water Moon and collected Essence Blood during the Four Divine Beast Family’s Ancestral Ritual Baptism.
• Locke infused lust power into the family’s Bloodline Stones, causing its descendants to multiply and expanding his Essence Blood harvest.
• Over the following trillion years, the Four Divine Beast Family spread beyond Hell and became the leading family across the planes.
• Yan Feng returned to Nether Mountain with Divine Beast Essence Blood and treasures, and Locke asked whether he had anything to say.