Chapter Summaries

Locke used a soul attack to strip the Light Pope of his senses, then seized the Light Pope’s High-grade offensive Divine Artifact, the Rising Sun Spear. The Light Pope regained his senses and backed away, regretting that he had restrained the spear’s power in their earlier fight.

• Locke examined the Light Pope’s soul and found it protected only by the Profound Mystery of the Light Element Law.
• Locke used Heavenly Dance Treasure Wheel to strip away the Light Pope’s five senses and sent him tumbling toward the ground.
• Locke attacked the Light Pope, whose High-grade defensive Divine Artifact withstood the blows, then took the Rising Sun Spear from him.
• Locke released his Soul Power, and the Light Pope regained his senses and activated his defensive Divine Artifact.
• The Light Pope asked Locke to return the Rising Sun Spear and regretted holding back its power during their previous attack.

Locke defeated the Light Pope with his Soul Attack and kept the Rising Sun Spear as spoils of war. The Light Pope withdrew to prepare for their next clash, while Ceres observed Locke’s growing strength from the Frost Snow Empire’s capital.

• Locke used his Soul Attack to overpower the Light Pope and seized control of the Rising Sun Spear.
• The Light Pope asked Locke to return the spear, but Locke declared they were even and challenged him to name his terms.
• The Light Pope gave up on reclaiming the spear and flew back to the Temple of Light, planning to obtain a Soul Defense Divine Artifact or stronger Godheads.
• Locke stored the Rising Sun Spear and flew toward Locke Territory to refine it.
• Ceres watched the battle with his Spiritual Sense and praised Locke’s skill in the path of the soul.

After becoming a god, Locke found that his weak Soul Power prevented him from efficiently comprehending new Law Profundities, so he sent his Water Element Divine Clone to the Frost Snow Empire to seek Ceres’s advice. The chapter ended as Locke began asking Ceres about several matters.

• Ceres recalled the Light Pope’s High-grade Divine Artifacts and anticipated that Locke would soon face trouble with the Rising Sun Spear.
• Locke failed to refine the Rising Sun Spear, set it aside, and resumed cultivating the Law Profundity of Ice Sharpness.
• Locke discovered that his split soul was too weak to sustain much comprehension of new Law Profundities and considered going to Hell to absorb Soul Essence.
• Locke sent his Water Element Divine Clone with a Space Ring to the Imperial Capital of the Frost Snow Empire.
• Ceres welcomed Locke into his palace, congratulated him on becoming a god, and invited him to ask his questions.

Locke asked Ceres how to restore his weakened soul, and Ceres named several rare treasures before proposing that Locke make Soul Gold Beads from the souls of one billion citizens. The offer horrified Locke, who wondered whether Ceres was not human.

• Locke asked Ceres about treasures that could restore his soul after it had been split in two.
• Ceres listed Tree of Life leaves, Light God Plane Holy Water, Water Element God Plane Spirit Springs, and Amethyst Crystals as possible remedies.
• Ceres described Soul Gold Beads and offered to send one billion citizens to Locke so he could refine them, in exchange for making a batch for Ceres.
• Locke was horrified by Ceres's casual proposal to use human souls and wondered whether Ceres's true body was nonhuman.

Locke refused Ceres’s offer to refine the souls of a billion people into Soul Gold Beads, choosing his sense of self over survival. He prepared to flee to the Temple of Light and seek the Plane Teleportation Array, though he remained unsure whether Ceres would kill him for refusing.

• Locke struggled between survival and his sense of self, then decided he would not refine a billion people’s souls.
• Locke sensed no killing intent in Ceres’s emotions and resolved to accept the loss of his Water Element Divine Clone rather than sacrifice the people.
• Locke concealed his Saint Domain true body in white mist and fled his cultivation chamber toward the Temple of Light to seek the Plane Teleportation Array’s location.
• Locke told Ceres he could not extract souls, even if offered ten billion or a hundred billion people.
• Ceres asked Locke whether he was certain, and Locke firmly confirmed his refusal.

Locke chose to seek treasures that could restore his Soul Power rather than wait a thousand years, and Ceres told him to travel to the God Planes or Supreme Planes. After receiving a Falling Snow Legion token, Locke went to the Temple of Light to claim the Rising Sun Spear.

• Ceres accepted Locke’s refusal to refine Soul Gold Beads and explained that he had no use for them himself.
• Ceres warned Locke that soul-restoring treasures were monopolized by powerful factions and advised him to recover naturally.
• Locke insisted on pursuing the treasures, and Ceres gave him a token bearing the mark of the Falling Snow Legion and directed him to the Plane Teleportation Array at the Endless Icefield.
• Locke thanked Ceres and stored the token in his Space Ring.
• Locke arrived above the Temple of Light’s cathedral to claim the Rising Sun Spear and called out to the Light Pope, whose Spiritual Sense could not detect him.

Locke visited the Light Pope before leaving the Vakanda Plane and used his soul abilities to force him to relinquish the Rising Sun Spear. After claiming the spear, Locke concealed its power and departed, while the Light Pope remained behind in the cathedral.

• Locke formed an elemental clone before the Light Pope, who activated his defensive divine artifact and prepared to summon an angel if attacked.
• Locke demanded that the Light Pope sever his bond with the Rising Sun Spear, threatening to soul enslave him and take his other divine artifact as well.
• Locke magnified the Light Pope’s fear with Soul Power and described the dangers and humiliation awaiting him in the God Plane.
• Terrified by Locke’s illusion, the Light Pope spat blood and severed his connection to the Rising Sun Spear.
• Locke claimed the spear, bonded with it, tested its power, concealed its aura, and dissolved his elemental clone.

After forcing the Light Pope to sever his connection to the Rising Sun Spear, Locke chose to travel to Hell to restore his weakened soul with Amethyst Crystals. He reached the Plane Teleportation Array and activated it, beginning his departure from the Vakanda Plane.

• The Light Pope recovered his emotions, raged at his surroundings, and resolved to acquire a Soul Defense Divine Artifact.
• Locke considered the soul-restoring options available in other God Planes and decided that Hell's Amethyst Crystals were his best chance to recover quickly.
• Locke reached the Plane Teleportation Array and found six frozen God-level Experts nearby.
• Locke wondered how the Light Pope had escaped Ceres and obtained two High-grade Divine Artifacts.
• Locke poured divine power into the Plane Teleportation Array, which lit up and began transferring him.

Locke arrived in Hell through a Plane Teleportation Array and discovered that its dense elemental energy greatly improved his affinity with the laws of heaven and earth. After identifying his arrival point as Mirror Moon Cliff, he considered how the Sovereign Legion’s current recruitment standards reflected the Sovereigns’ pursuit of faith.

• Locke completed the teleportation to Hell and felt its gravity pressing on him as his ability to sense the laws of heaven and earth grew stronger.
• A Mid-grade God of the Sovereign Legion directed Locke and the newly arrived creatures to gather away from the Plane Teleportation Array.
• Locke observed that most of the gathered newcomers were Saint-level Experts who felt uneasy, while the four Low-grade Gods, including him, remained more composed.
• Locke recognized the cliff as Mirror Moon Cliff, near the Star Mist Sea and closer to the Purple Thorn Mountain Range than Hell’s other teleportation sites.
• Locke reflected that he had chosen the right time to come to Hell and recalled Ceres’s offer of preferential treatment through an Identity Token.

Locke used Ceres’s Falling Snow Legion Identity Token to gain the Purple Thorn Legion soldiers’ permission to ask for information. Their captain assumed Locke had a powerful elder behind him, while Locke considered the dangerous choices awaiting him if he joined the Falling Snow Legion; the chapter left open whether Ceres’s token was also a test.

• Locke approached the Purple Thorn Legion soldiers and stopped when one warned him that crossing a drawn line would mean death.
• Locke showed the soldiers the blue Identity Token Ceres had given him, identifying it with the Falling Snow Legion under Water Element Lord God Philo.
• The Purple Thorn Legion captain mistook Locke for a Falling Snow Legion soldier, and Locke clarified that he only had an elder serving in that legion.
• The captain treated Locke more politely, believing his Identity Token meant a High God stood behind him.
• Locke considered whether to inherit Ceres’s connections and risk Ceres’s rival’s hostility, or betray Ceres to join that rival’s faction.

Locke asked Captain Nian how to obtain Amethyst Crystals to restore the Soul Power weakened by becoming a god externally. Nian explained that recovering without a treasure could take ten million years, leaving Locke intent on finding the crystals and grateful for Nian’s guidance.

• Locke told Captain Nian that he had become a god externally and had come to Hell seeking Amethyst Crystals.
• Captain Nian said Locke’s elder had likely wanted to teach him a lesson for choosing to become a god externally instead of internally.
• Captain Nian explained that externally becoming a god weakened the soul and could take at least ten million years to recover without a suitable treasure.
• Locke realized he had avoided wasting a thousand years waiting for his soul to recover and thanked Captain Nian for clearing up his doubts.
• Locke asked Captain Nian to point him toward a way to obtain Amethyst Crystals, and Nian welcomed his request.

Locke refused Nian's offer to arrange a city drop-off and asked to be left near the Purple Thorn Mountain Range so he could seek Amethyst Crystals himself. Three days later, a golden dragon-shaped Metal Life arrived at Mirror Moon Cliff carrying Purple Thorn Legion soldiers to assign the newcomers.

• Nian explained that Locke could buy Amethyst Crystals at a Purple Thorn Castle or search for them in the dangerous Purple Thorn Mountain Range.
• Locke declined Nian's offer to arrange an escort to a city and asked him to request a drop-off near the Purple Thorn Mountain Range.
• Nian agreed to ask his colleagues but warned that the escort team's route and limited time meant he could not promise to take Locke near the range.
• The other newcomers saw Locke's token and envied the powerful backing they believed he had.
• Three days later, a golden dragon-shaped Metal Life arrived at Mirror Moon Cliff, and Purple Thorn Legion soldiers emerged from its opened belly.

Locke rode a Metal Life to the outskirts of Yilan City with Captain Barro, then headed into the forest to find a map of Hell. A band of robbers searched for him, but Locke concealed himself with his Illusionary Projection and remained undiscovered.

• Nian introduced Locke to Captain Barro, who promised to take him to Yilan City.
• Locke boarded Barro’s Metal Life and watched as its soldiers dropped off Saint Domain experts and God-level Experts near tribes along the way.
• After ten days, Locke said goodbye to Barro near Yilan City and set off to obtain a map of Hell.
• Locke tested the limited range of his Spiritual Sense and Soul Power as he cautiously crossed the forest.
• A band of robbers searched the forest for someone who had left a Metal Life, while Locke hid from them using his water-element Illusionary Projection.
• The robbers reported to Lord Des that they had searched the area but found no one.

Locke remained hidden while bandits searched the forest, then attacked their two Mid-grade God leaders when they began bombarding the area. He used Five Senses Deprivation to plunge both leaders’ souls into darkness and unleashed the Rising Sun Spear.

• The older bandit leader ordered his men to search the forest, then chose to bombard it when their Spiritual Sense failed to find Locke.
• Locke watched the bandits destroy the forest and took out the Rising Sun Spear.
• Locke quietly approached the two Mid-grade Gods and sprang toward them, revealing himself when his Illusionary Projection failed.
• The bandit leaders saw that Locke was a Low-grade God and prepared to attack him.
• Locke’s Soul Power invaded the leaders’ minds with Five Senses Deprivation, and he poured divine power into the Rising Sun Spear.

Locke killed both Mid-grade God bandit leaders with the Rising Sun Spear, forcing the remaining bandits to flee. He collected a stash of Ink Stones and continued toward Yilan City while hiding his soul aura and scouting with an Illusionary Projection.

• Locke pierced through one bandit leader’s mid-grade defensive divine artifact and killed him, taking his Fire Element Mid-grade Godhead.
• Locke killed the second bandit leader and claimed his Wind Element Mid-grade Godhead.
• The surviving bandits fled, and Locke admitted he could not catch them because he lacked a speed technique.
• Locke found more than seventeen hundred Ink Stones in one bandit leader’s Space Ring and kept the other ring, which he could not open.
• Locke set off for Yilan City, concealed his soul aura, and sent an Illusionary Projection ahead to scout.

Locke entered Yilan City, bought a map, sold two mid-grade godheads, and found no group willing to travel with him. He set off alone toward the Purple Thorn Mountain Range, but was ambushed by dozens of attackers.

• The bandit leader recognized Locke outside Yilan City and returned to the ambush site hoping to recover his Space Ring.
• Locke explored Yilan City, bought a map for 1,320 Ink Stones, and sold two mid-grade godheads for 19,000 Ink Stones.
• Locke discovered there was no Demon Castle in Yilan City and spent a month searching for a traveling group without success.
• Locke set off alone for the Purple Thorn Mountain Range, wishing he could afford a Metal Life to shorten the journey.
• Dozens of streaks of light shot toward Locke from the ground, and he sensed danger.

Locke survived an ambush by bandits, killed their Saint Domain leader with a Soul Attack, and escaped when the remaining God-level Experts regrouped. He later claimed the leader’s Space Ring and discovered Purple Crystals inside that his Soul Power strongly desired.

• Locke used the Rising Sun Spear to break the bandits’ opening attack, then concealed himself with Illusionary Projection as they bombarded the ground.
• Locke recognized the Saint Domain bandit leader as one of the men who had ambushed him after he disembarked from the Purple Thorn Legion’s Metal Life.
• Locke spread mist to extend his Soul Power’s range and burned away the bandit leader’s soul with a Soul Attack.
• The Mid-grade God bandit dispersed the mist and gathered the surviving God-level Experts, so Locke quietly left rather than attack them.
• Locke used blood to claim the bandit leader’s Space Ring and found several Purple Crystals that his Soul Power longed for.

Locke refined eight Amethyst Crystals in a mountain cave to recover and strengthen his soul. After restoring his ability to comprehend Law Profundities, he made further progress in Water Element and Ice Sharpness, bringing both close to the Saint Domain Limit.

• Locke carved a cave in the mountainside, sealed it against Spiritual Sense scans, and began refining an Amethyst Crystal.
• Locke used burning emotions to temper the crystal’s violent Soul Power and calmly absorbed it, doubling his Soul Power after a month.
• Locke refined the seven remaining Amethyst Crystals over the following months, breaking free of his soul’s weakened state.
• Locke spent two months comprehending Law Profundities, bringing his Profound Mystery of Water Element and Law Profundity of Ice Sharpness close to the Saint Domain Limit.

Locke became a Mid-grade God after five years of cultivation and drew unusually strong divine power from the elemental ocean. When his breakthrough attracted four Mid-grade Gods, he left his cave and waited for them to arrive.

• Locke chose to delay advancing until he could fuse his Ice Sharpness and Illusionary Fog Law Profundities, hoping to gain High God combat strength as a Mid-grade God.
• Five years later, the Laws of Heaven and Earth cleansed Locke’s soul and transformed his Godhead into a Mid-grade Godhead.
• Locke drew Mid-grade divine power from a depth of one hundred and fifty meters in the divine power ocean and replaced his Low-grade divine power.
• Locke sensed that his breakthrough had attracted uninvited guests, removed the camouflage at his cave entrance, and waited in the sky.
• Four Mid-grade Gods flew toward Locke from three directions.

Locke was confronted by two Mid-grade Gods who demanded his Space Rings, but he easily overpowered them with his Ice Sharpness attacks. As they begged for their lives, they claimed to serve Lady Carl, the Prefect of Ye Mu Prefecture, leaving Locke wary of the powerful authority behind them.

• One Mid-grade God sensed the other newcomers’ auras and fled before reaching Locke.
• Two Mid-grade Gods found Locke and demanded that he surrender the owner recognition on his Space Rings.
• Locke turned their threat around and challenged them to hand over their rings or lose their lives.
• The two Gods attacked Locke, but he shattered their defensive artifacts and relentlessly injured them with ice swords.
• The two Gods begged for mercy and revealed that they were soldiers in Lady Carl’s prefectural army.
• Locke frowned as he considered the power of Lady Carl, the Prefect of Ye Mu Prefecture.