Chapter Summaries

Locke killed two Mid-grade God soldiers who tried to rob him, then continued toward Ye Mu Prefecture. After three years of travel, he entered its territory and saw Metal Life forms in the sky.

• Locke decided to kill the two Mid-grade Gods rather than risk letting them seek revenge or slander him.
• Locke used Over-steaming Kill to turn the two soldiers into blackened corpses, then froze and shattered one survivor’s Saint Domain original body.
• Locke collected seven or eight Space Rings containing a combined total of one hundred and seventy thousand Ink Stones, while another Mid-grade God fled.
• Locke flew toward Ye Mu Prefecture and encountered no bandits along the way.
• Three years later, Locke entered Ye Mu Prefecture’s territory and saw Metal Life forms flying overhead.

Locke searched Ye Mu Prefecture for work but rejected the low wages and decided to try doing business outside the city. After buying an Amethyst Crystal and strengthening his Soul Power, he encountered a bandit group and overwhelmed them with a Divine Domain infused with Profound Mysteries.

• Locke entered Ye Mu Prefecture, where he saw many powerful Gods and learned that ordinary city work paid far too little to afford Amethyst Crystals.
• After failing to find a suitable job, Locke bought an Amethyst Crystal at Purple Thorn Castle and decided to do business outside the city.
• Locke refined the crystal, extending his Soul Power's range to one hundred kilometers, and detected three bandit groups.
• Locke approached one group of three Mid-grade Gods and five Low-grade Gods, who gathered to confront him.
• Locke's Divine Domain enveloped the bandits, and they discovered it carried the power of Profound Mysteries.

Locke used his fusion of Profound Mysteries and Divine Domain to defeat and kill a bandit group, then continued hunting bandits around Ye Mu Prefecture. At an inn, he overheard travelers discussing the sharp decline in robberies and wondered how they had learned about it.

• Locke froze five Low-grade God bandits in place and overwhelmed their three Mid-grade God leaders with his domain.
• The leaders tried to flee, but Locke used Heavenly Dance Treasure Wheel—Five Senses Deprivation to render them unconscious and destroy their divine bodies and souls.
• Locke collected the bandits’ divine sparks and Space Rings, claimed their Ink Stones, and flew toward another bandit group.
• At an inn in Ye Mu Prefecture, Locke heard Lika and others discuss how they had recently stopped encountering bandits.
• David hinted that he knew why robberies had declined, while Locke wondered how news of his actions had spread.

After years of hunting bandits near Ye Mu Prefecture, Locke heard people tell exaggerated tales about the feared “Extreme Cold Demon” and decided to travel onward. He bought more Amethyst Crystals and considered his next steps in cultivation and crafting soul-defense artifacts.

• Over ten years, Locke cleared out bandits around Ye Mu Prefecture, refined more than forty Amethyst Crystals, and raised his Soul Power to the limit for a Mid-grade God.
• David told a group of travelers that a Saint Domain expert had described a powerful figure called the “Extreme Cold Demon,” whose frozen bandit strongholds had driven bandits away from the area.
• Locke recognized that the stories were about him and reflected that he hunted bandits to obtain cultivation resources, not for revenge or charity.
• Locke decided to leave Ye Mu Prefecture, travel toward the next prefecture, and cultivate the remaining water-element Profound Mysteries along the way.
• Locke sold unneeded goods at Purple Thorn Castle, bought three Amethyst Crystals, and considered forging Mid-grade Soul Defense Divine Artifacts.

Locke bought Amethyst Crystals and a Mid-grade God defense artifact, then continued traveling toward the Purple Thorn Mountain Range. While chasing a Red-eyed Rabbit, he encountered a Water Saint Domain beast skilled in the Water Body Technique and asked whether it would become his pet.

• Locke decided he would remain a Mid-grade God until he had fused the Profound Mysteries of five laws, and he bought Amethyst Crystals and a Mid-grade God defense divine artifact.
• Locke left the inn after paying for his meal while the other diners continued speculating about the Extreme Cold Demon.
• A water snake caught the Red-eyed Rabbit by the river and transformed into a giant python to constrict it.
• Locke arrived and recognized that the water snake had comprehended the Profound Mystery of the Water Body Technique.
• Locke asked the water snake whether it wanted to become his pet.

Locke captured a water snake to study its Water Body Technique and absorbed its thousands of years of insights. A week later, he had brought the technique to the Saint Domain Limit, with Little White guarding him.

• Little White agreed to become Locke’s pet by squeaking once.
• Locke decided to capture the water snake after seeing it transform into water, then seized both the snake and Little White.
• Locke killed the water snake and extracted its understanding of the Water Body Technique.
• Locke absorbed the snake’s insights and began cultivating while Little White stood guard and nearby demonic beasts fled from the gathering mist.
• A week later, Locke had comprehended the Water Body Technique to the Saint Domain Limit, just short of mastering it.

Locke reflected on his ambitions and continued traveling through Hell with Little White while cultivating. He discovered a point of compatibility between the Water Body Technique and Illusionary Fog and Ice Sharpness, then turned his attention to finding compatibilities for the Water Element Profundity.

• Locke decided that becoming a Paragon, and possibly gaining the strength to compete for Sovereign Sparks, mattered more to him than simply reaching High God.
• Locke abandoned his current hopes of transcending the Coiling Dragon Universe because his body had affinity only for the Water Law.
• Locke traveled through Hell with Little White, cultivating when he gained insight and letting Little White carry him at other times.
• Little White detoured past monsters' caves to intimidate their occupants, while Locke let him show off as long as it did not disrupt their journey.
• Locke discovered a point of compatibility between the Water Body Technique and the Illusionary Fog and Ice Sharpness Profundities.
• Locke focused his training on finding points of compatibility between the Water Element and its other three Profundities.

Locke used his fused water laws to defend against an ambush and crush the five Mid-grade God bandits who attacked him. The bandits survived the strike but were severely injured, with Locke’s law aura inside their bodies.

• A flaming arrow struck at Little White, but Locke stopped it with a water curtain that remained unscathed.
• Locke recognized that the bandits’ attack was weak and struck back with his Thousand Mile Sky-Reaching Palm.
• The palm sealed the area and pressed all five Mid-grade God bandits into the ground.
• The five bandits were left severely injured and spent their divine power trying to heal, while Locke’s law aura remained in their bodies.

Locke defeated five Mid-grade God bandits, who offered him their Space Rings in exchange for their lives. After discovering the vast wealth inside, Locke fell silent, leaving the bandits afraid he might kill them to prevent future revenge.

• Locke and Little White approached the five badly injured Mid-grade God bandits, who realized Locke’s power far exceeded that of an ordinary Mid-grade God.
• The bandit leader handed Locke the five bandits’ unclaimed Space Rings and begged him to spare them.
• Locke praised the leader, claimed the eight Space Rings, and found that they held an astonishing amount of plundered wealth.
• The bandit leader feared Locke might kill them to prevent retaliation and apologized to his companions.
• The youngest bandit blamed himself for attacking Locke, but the leader said he had thought the attack might earn them a Mid-grade Godhead.

Locke spared five Mid-grade God bandits after taking their supplies, then rewarded his mount Little White with a Wind-element Low-grade Godhead. Little White accepted the chance to become a Low-grade God.

• Locke took the bandits’ supplies, returned their Space Rings, and warned them to bring a larger ransom if they came after him again.
• Boss Tru and his brothers rejoiced that they had survived, then planned to recover from their injuries.
• Boss Tru decided he would buy a High Godhead and become a shield for his four brothers.
• Locke gave Little White a Wind-element Low-grade Godhead as a reward for years of service.
• Little White was overjoyed and expected to fuse with the Godhead and become a Low-grade God within ten years.

Locke failed to sense the Sovereign’s Might inside an Ink Stone and realized he might need to witness genuine Sovereign’s Might before he could identify it. He set his thoughts aside and directed Little White toward a nearby city to buy supplies, especially Amethyst Crystals for a soul defense artifact.

• After giving Little White a Wind-element Low-grade Godhead, Locke examined an Ink Stone and tried to use his Soul Power to find the Sovereign’s Might within it.
• Locke failed to detect anything beyond the stone’s hardness and questioned his ability to sense Sovereign’s Might without having encountered it before.
• Locke considered how dangerous it would be to seek out Sovereign’s Might, which was far beyond his current strength.
• Locke decided to visit a city and use his fortune of over five hundred million Ink Stones to purchase supplies, particularly Amethyst Crystals.
• Locke consulted a map, found a city three hundred and twenty thousand kilometers away, and told Little White which direction to go.

Locke arrived in Rock Peak City with Little White and bought all 873 Amethyst Crystals in stock at Purple Thorn Castle. After learning the purchase was a major transaction, several God-level Experts left the castle, while Locke asked the receptionist whether Metal Life was for sale.

• Locke entered Rock Peak City with Little White, who shrank and rode on his shoulder.
• Locke found Purple Thorn Castle and asked to buy all its Amethyst Crystals.
• The receptionist confirmed the stock and accepted Locke’s payment of 8,730,000 Ink Stones.
• Locke checked that the Space Ring contained 873 Amethyst Crystals, then asked whether Purple Thorn Castle sold Metal Life.
• Several God-level Experts noticed Locke’s large purchase, and some left the castle with undisclosed intentions.

Locke declined to buy a Metal Life and began closed-door cultivation in Rock Peak City to forge a Soul Defense Divine Artifact. Little White, fearing Locke would leave him behind, decided to stay by the cultivation room and refine his godhead.

• A receptionist explained the prices and speeds of the castle’s Metal Life forms, but Locke decided he could not afford the faster one and left without buying either.
• Locke rented a courtyard, gave Little White a Space Ring of Ink Stones, and told him to renew the lease if his cultivation lasted more than ten years.
• Locke warned Little White not to wander off or expect Locke to search for him, then shut himself inside the cultivation chamber and released his Amethyst Crystals.
• Little White feared Locke would abandon him and resolved to stay nearby, even after refining his godhead and advancing to God-level.
• Little White lay outside Locke’s cultivation room and quietly refined his godhead.

Locke refined a Soul Defense Divine Artifact by turning the Soul Power from Amethyst Crystals into a seven-colored barrier and binding it into an amethyst crystal ring. After testing it, he left his Divine Clone and continued in his Saint Domain true body, now protected by the artifact.

• Locke activated the cultivation room’s defensive array and began refining Soul Power from Amethyst Crystals with his flames of emotion.
• After burning five hundred Amethyst Crystals, Locke shaped the Soul Power into a seven-colored protective barrier but could not merge it with a Space Ring.
• Locke realized that Amethyst Crystals could serve as vessels for Soul Power, refined one into a ring, and drew the barrier into it.
• Locke bound the amethyst crystal ring with his blood and felt its Soul Power wrap around his soul.
• Locke switched from his Divine Clone to his Saint Domain true body, recognized its greater vulnerability without the artifact, and chose to remain in his true body.

Locke refined a Soul Defense Divine Artifact for his Saint Domain true body, disguising his soul behind nine decoys and an Emotion Power barrier. He then entered Unity of Heaven and Man to explore how the Water Element might connect with other Profound Mysteries, splitting his soul in two as a flash of insight struck.

• Locke created nine soul mirror images around his true soul and protected it with an Emotion Power barrier before refining the artifact into an amethyst ring.
• Locke decided to use the activated cultivation chamber’s Magic Array to seek points of compatibility between the Water Element and the other three Profound Mysteries.
• Locke entered Unity of Heaven and Man and sensed the vast difference between living beings’ comprehended Profound Mysteries and those of heaven and earth.
• Locke reflected that the Coiling Dragon Universe’s laws evolved beyond what even Paragons could achieve, while Hongmeng barred its inhabitants from comprehending the Laws of Space and Time.
• Locke split his soul in two after an inexplicable flash of insight.

Locke used Unity of Heaven and Man to cultivate the Water Element profundities, bringing four of them to their limit after ten years. He chose to stop before fusing them, preserving the chance to comprehend the two remaining Water Law Profundities with less difficulty.

• Locke synchronized his Water Element Divine Clone with his Saint Domain true body and used the changing laws of heaven and earth to improve the compatibility of his three comprehended profundities.
• Little White finished refining Locke’s divine spark, became a wind-element Low-grade God, and spent three years slowly absorbing divine power.
• Little White paid ten thousand Ink Stones for the courtyard’s rent and planned to hunt Saint Domain Demonic Beasts after five more years to renew Locke’s lease.
• After ten years of cultivation, Locke brought his four comprehended profundities to their limit and considered whether to fuse them or keep the remaining Water Law Profundities easier to comprehend.
• Locke withdrew from Unity of Heaven and Man without fusing the four profundities.

Locke withdrew from a mysterious breakthrough state, choosing to preserve hope for his future rather than gain immense strength immediately, then refined his soul and mind. He sensed that Little White had become a god and considered how quickly he might absorb divine power.

• Locke gave up the chance to break through and become vastly stronger because he feared stagnating in the future.
• Locke tempered his state of mind, increasing his soul’s purity and recognizing that it could expel accumulated desires and chaotic thoughts.
• Locke reflected on his cultivation and found that his four nearly fused Profound Mysteries had further increased his strength.
• Locke sensed Little White kneeling outside the cultivation chamber and realized he had become a god after refining the divine spark.
• Locke wondered how quickly Little White could absorb divine power without the aid of the Law of Heaven and Earth.

After emerging from more than ten years of secluded cultivation, Locke learned that Little White had become a god and chose to keep him by his side. As Locke and Little White left Rock Peak City, Locke noticed hostile watchers following them and led them into the forest.

• Locke left seclusion and told Little White to stay in human form now that he had become a god.
• Locke offered Little White the choice to stay in Rock Peak City or follow him, and Little White chose to remain at his side.
• Locke explained that Little White might eventually provide divine power for a Metal Life, which he hoped to buy within a thousand years.
• Locke sensed malicious gazes from gods watching him and realized they had targeted him for his wealth.
• Locke led Little White out of Rock Peak City, and Little White transformed into a giant Red-eyed Rabbit and carried him into the forest.

Locke and Little White left Rock Peak City's sphere of influence, where six Mid-grade Gods ambushed them. Locke revealed his overwhelming strength by killing one attacker with a single palm strike, leaving the other five terrified.

• A Low-grade God secretly followed Locke and Little White through the forest.
• After half a month, Locke and Little White left Rock Peak City's sphere of influence, and a red-beast-shaped Metal Life appeared above them.
• Six Mid-grade Gods emerged from the Metal Life and demanded Locke's Space Rings, laughing off his claim that he could ambush them.
• Locke used the Thousand Mile—Sky-Reaching Palm to shatter one Mid-grade God's defensive artifact and kill him with a single strike.
• The remaining five Mid-grade Gods realized Locke was likely a High God and feared they had provoked someone far stronger than themselves.

Locke killed the Mid-grade Gods who ambushed him, claimed their Metal Life, and discovered their badges marked them as Rock Peak City guards. He returned to the city with Little White, where a group of figures surrounded them before they could reach the city lord’s manor.

• Locke used his Thousand Mile Sky-Reaching Palm to crush the six fleeing Mid-grade Gods, then killed the Low-grade God who had followed him.
• Locke entered the Metal Life, killed the Low-grade God’s Saint Domain true body, and bonded with the Metal Life’s core.
• Little White brought Locke the six Gods’ Space Rings, and Locke found five Rock Peak City guard badges among their belongings.
• Locke concluded that the guards had likely been sent by someone influential in Rock Peak City and flew there with Little White.
• Before Locke could reach the city lord’s manor, figures from across Rock Peak City surrounded him and Little White.