Chapter Summaries

Locke discovered that Deputy City Lord Ryan had been misled by two surviving city guards into believing Locke attacked them. After Locke exposed their lie and killed them, Ryan confronted him for breaking Rock Peak City's rules, and the chapter ended as they prepared to fight.

• Ryan arrived with two Low-grade Gods, who accused Locke of ambushing their Metal Life and killing their companions.
• Locke showed Ryan his Mid-grade God's Divine Domain, and Ryan realized the two guards had lied and learned that Deputy City Lord Evie had ordered them to do so.
• Locke killed the two Low-grade Gods with his icy Divine Domain after Ryan released them, then refused to submit to Rock Peak City's rules.
• Ryan revealed his High God's Divine Domain and challenged Locke, but Locke resisted most of its suppression and claimed strength equal to a High God.
• Ryan ordered Matthew, Sabah, and the other city guards to retreat before the battle began.

Locke stopped Deputy City Lord Ryan from fighting in the city and challenged him to settle their dispute on the dueling platform instead. As Little White tried to place Locke’s enormous wager on his victory, the chapter ended before the betting odds for Locke winning were announced.

• Locke warned Ryan that a battle in the city could draw a Sovereign’s punishment, and proposed moving their fight to the dueling platform.
• Ryan accepted the challenge and flew to the dueling platform, promising to spare Locke if he won.
• Locke gave Little White his Space Ring and ordered him to wager all 490 million Ink Stones on Locke’s victory.
• Little White joined the crowd at the dueling platform and searched for a bookie capable of paying the huge wager.
• Little White chose a bookie wearing the Purple Thorn emblem and asked about the odds for Locke winning after hearing only the odds for Ryan.

Locke killed a Mid-grade God with a soul attack, and Little White wagered 490 million Ink Stones on Locke defeating Ryan. Locke and Ryan then faced each other above the Battle Arena as Ryan warned Locke to surrender, and Locke prepared to fight.

• A Mid-grade God mocked Locke, so Locke burned away the man’s soul with a glance.
• Little White bet all 490 million Ink Stones on Locke’s victory at five-to-one odds, alarming the Purple Thorn Castle manager.
• The two Mid-grade Gods fighting on the Battle Arena stopped their bout and left as the crowd turned to watch Locke and Ryan.
• Ryan appeared on the Battle Arena and offered to imprison Locke for ten thousand years if he admitted defeat.
• Locke answered Ryan’s challenge, gathered water elemental essence, and Ryan erupted with divine power.

Locke fought Vice City Lord Ryan, whose High-grade God power overwhelmed ordinary deities, and stunned the arena by countering Ryan with a devastating palm strike. The battle ended with Ryan questioning whether Locke was truly a Mid-grade God as he armed himself with his High-grade Divine Artifact.

• Ryan revealed earth divine power three times stronger than that of an ordinary High-grade God, while Locke's aura still appeared to belong to a Mid-grade God.
• Ryan attacked Locke without using his Divine Domain, blasting Spatial Rifts into the space around them.
• Locke used Thousand Mile Sky-Reaching Palm to shatter Ryan's attack and punch a spatial hole through Hell's space.
• The spectators and Ryan reconsidered Locke's strength after seeing the spatial hole's destructive power exceed that of ordinary High-grade God attacks.
• Ryan asked whether Locke was really a Mid-grade God, then donned black armor and drew his High-grade Divine Artifact, a Horse-slaying Saber.

Locke fought Ryan and demonstrated that his fused Profound Mysteries and powerful Soul Power could overcome the High God’s speed and physical strength. Ryan admitted defeat just as Locke prepared a stronger attack with the Rising Sun Spear.

• Ryan challenged Locke’s confidence and charged at him to demonstrate the strength of a High God.
• Locke used Extreme Cold Ice Prison and Thousand Mile Sky-Reaching Palm to slow and repel Ryan, while learning that Ryan’s great strength came from his powerful body rather than fused Profound Mysteries.
• Locke used Heavenly Dance Treasure Wheel to deprive Ryan of his senses, then battered him with palm strikes until Ryan’s divine artifact broke and his body was badly damaged.
• Ryan broke through Locke’s soul illusion when faced with mortal danger and restored his damaged body with divine power.
• Locke prepared a stronger Rising Sun Spear attack, but Ryan conceded defeat before he could strike.

Locke defeated Vice City Lord Ryan in Rock Peak City, then accepted the Rock Peak City Lord’s invitation to meet at the City Lord’s Manor. The chapter ended as Locke entered the city lord hall and met the Destruction Law High-grade God.

• Ryan conceded after Locke revealed a High-grade Divine Artifact, and he acknowledged Locke’s superior strength.
• The Purple Thorn Castle shopkeeper feared the consequences of Locke’s victory, while spectators praised Locke’s attacks and Soul Attack.
• Locke asked Ryan to arrange a meeting with the Rock Peak City Lord, who contacted them and invited Locke to the City Lord’s Manor.
• Locke told Little White to wait before collecting the 2.45 billion Ink Stone wager, then followed Ryan to the manor.
• The Rock Peak City Lord welcomed Locke and revealed a refined appearance, blood-red hair, and a terrifying Destruction Law aura.

Locke revealed that Vice City Lord Evie had orchestrated an ambush against him using Rock Peak City guards, and the evidence exposed Evie’s crimes to the Rock Peak City Lord and Ryan. When Evie fled the city, Locke pursued him in a Metal Life.

• The Rock Peak City Lord offered to fight Locke for the position of City Lord, but Locke said he had no interest in it.
• Locke presented Rock Peak City guard badges and a Metal Life tied to Evie, then explained how six Mid-grade Gods had attacked him outside the city.
• The Rock Peak City Lord and Ryan examined the attackers’ Space Rings, and the City Lord found another guard badge inside one of them.
• The steward reported that Evie had fled his palace, and the Rock Peak City Lord declared him no longer a member of Rock Peak City.
• Locke sensed Evie fleeing east, boarded the Metal Life, and set off in pursuit.

Locke caught Vice City Lord Evie and, while pursuing him, realized their encounters had awakened his Fate Law to the beginner level. Locke then overwhelmed Evie’s collection of defensive divine artifacts, leaving him badly injured and with his accumulated defenses destroyed.

• Locke caught up to Evie in a Metal Life after pursuing him from Rock Peak City.
• Locke reflected on the coincidences that had led him to Evie and awakened to beginner-level Fate Law, making his Saint Domain a dual-element water-and-fate Saint Domain.
• Locke attacked Evie, shattering his flaming shield and damaging the high-grade armor beneath it while Evie survived the blow and spat blood.
• Locke continued striking, destroying six of Evie’s high-grade defensive divine artifacts in three attacks.
• Evie looked at his shattered armor and bitterly realized that Locke had destroyed the defenses he had accumulated over hundreds of thousands of years.

Locke killed Evie and returned to Rock Peak City, where the City Lord offered him the city lord position. As Locke considered founding the Demon Castle, his comprehension of the Fate Law surged, and he realized that expanding the Demon Castle would increase his power.

• Locke killed Evie, took his fire-element High Godhead, and flew back to Rock Peak City.
• The Rock Peak City Lord and Ryan welcomed Locke, and he explained how Evie had used eight High God defensive divine artifacts.
• The Rock Peak City Lord offered Locke the position of city lord, and Locke considered accepting while planning his cultivation.
• Locke thought about founding the Demon Castle, triggering a sudden surge in his Fate Law comprehension.
• Locke realized that establishing the first Demon Castle and expanding its reach would advance his Fate Law and raise him through the ranks of Godhood.

Locke founded Demon Castle in Rock Peak City after discovering that expanding it across Hell could lead him to become a Paragon of the Fate Law. The castle opened with a ranking system and a Lord God guise, while Locke and the city's leaders were presented as Five-star Demons.

• Locke refused the position of Rock Peak City Lord and invited the City Lord and Deputy City Lord Ryan to join the power he planned to establish.
• Locke collected his 2.45 billion Ink Stone winnings from Purple Thorn Castle through tasks and used the proceeds to build Demon Castle with a giant face made of Ink Stones.
• Locke unveiled Demon Castle with fireworks and an Illusionary Projection that spread its name and information to Rock Peak City and nearby tribes.
• Visitors learned how to register as Demons, issue tasks, and advance through Demon Castle's eight strength ranks.
• Demon Castle showed demonstrations identifying Locke, the Rock Peak City Lord, and Deputy City Lord Ryan as Five-star Demons, prompting visitors to question how Locke had defeated Ryan so easily.

After establishing the Demon Castle in Rock Peak City, Locke loosened the constraints on his Fate Law, created a Destiny Divine Clone, and advanced the city’s Demon organization over ten years. He explained the difficulty of further progress to the Rock Peak City Lord and Ryan, whose cultivation had stalled while pursuing his teachings.

• Rock Peak City’s gods praised Locke’s power and flocked to register for Demon assessments, hoping to learn how he could rival High Gods as a Mid-grade God.
• Locke sensed that the Demon Castle’s success had loosened his Fate Law, comprehended it, formed a Destiny Divine Clone, and discovered that his original body’s soul had been tempered to a higher quality.
• Locke synchronized his clones’ souls, assigned his Water Element Divine Clone to scout and organize assessments, and put the Rock Peak City Lord and Ryan in charge of leading them.
• Ten years later, Little White reported that Rock Peak City’s Demon Castle had grown to include ten Demons of three stars or above, over two thousand Two-star Demons, and more than ten thousand One-star Demons.
• The Rock Peak City Lord told Locke he had made no progress fusing Profound Mysteries, and Locke explained that advancing in the Slaughter Rule required comprehending more of the Destruction Law.

Locke began expanding the Demon Castle beyond Rock Peak City, assigning Ryan and Rock Peak to lead new outposts while reflecting on their potential to grow stronger. The expansion mission appeared in the Demon Castle, calling for Demons to accompany them to Buckley City, Red Maple City, and Namu City.

• Locke learned that Ryan had begun fusing the Earth Pulse Law Profundity with the Strength Profundity, while Rock Peak had made no progress in the Destruction Law.
• Locke asked Ryan and Rock Peak whether they wanted to remain in Rock Peak City or lead Demons to establish new Demon Castles, and both chose to follow him.
• Rock Peak realized that battle and destruction might advance his understanding of the Destruction Law and volunteered to serve as the vanguard.
• Locke gave Ryan and Rock Peak Space Rings containing Demon Castle face statues and guidance crystals, then assigned them and himself to lead forces to nearby cities.
• The Demon Castle issued a long-term expansion mission targeting Buckley City, Red Maple City, and Namu City, seeking one Three-star Demon, two hundred Two-star Demons, and five hundred One-star Demons.

The Demon Castle announced a mission to expand into three cities, drawing a large force of demons with the promise of Demon Points. Locke gave Rock Peak and Ryan powerful Soul Defense Divine Artifacts, and the expedition set off from Rock Peak City, leaving the city’s remaining demons to carry on his work.

• The Demon Castle offered Ink Stones and Demon Points for expansion missions, and demons quickly filled all the available slots.
• Rock Peak and Ryan claimed the Space Rings Locke gave them and discovered that each contained a powerful Soul Defense Divine Artifact.
• Rock Peak and Ryan discussed their loyalty to Locke and his ambition to establish the Demon Castle in every city in Hell.
• Six hundred Two-star Demons and fifteen hundred One-star Demons gathered and divided into three teams to expand into three cities.
• Locke, Rock Peak, and Ryan led the demons aboard their Metal Lives and departed amid cheers from the expedition and those staying behind.

Locke traveled toward Buckley City while planning the Demon Castle’s expansion and his own cultivation, then encountered a bandit ambush on the road. The chapter ended with Locke’s hidden power killing Gretter’s bandits in an instant.

• Locke sent three Metal Lives in different directions to extend Rock Peak City’s Demon Castle and reflected on Ryan’s and Rock Peak’s progress.
• Locke planned to strengthen his Water Element Divine Clone by fusing Law Profundities while his true body cultivated in Rock Peak City.
• After half a month of travel, Locke and Little White noticed two High-grade Gods and eight Mid-grade Gods waiting to ambush their Metal Life.
• Gretter mistook the Metal Life for an easy target and ordered his bandits to attack, but Locke struck him with a palm of water elemental essence.
• Locke’s attack shattered Gretter’s divine artifact and body, while his subordinates exploded into blood mist, leaving their divine sparks behind.

Locke’s group reached Buckley City after Little White collected the defeated bandits’ belongings, and Locke arranged to recruit demons and give two High Godheads to suitable followers. Buckley City’s lord confronted them at the gates and demanded a hundredfold entry fee, prompting Locke to respond with a chilling display of pressure.

• Locke ordered Little White to collect the Godheads and Space Rings and find two willing demons to receive the High Godheads.
• Little White gathered the loot, and Locke’s group traveled for a week without encountering more bandits.
• At Buckley City, the guards raised the city’s defensive barrier and shut the gates when they saw Locke’s large force approaching.
• Little White explained that the group came from Demon Castle to establish a new castle in Buckley City.
• The Buckley City Lord appeared, challenged Little White’s aura, and demanded that the group obey local rules and pay a hundredfold entry fee.
• Locke spoke up, and his words filled the Buckley City guards with terror.

Locke challenged Buckley for the lordship of Buckley City and waited three days for their battle. Buckley failed to appear, and the Battle Arena declared Locke the winner.

• Locke froze Buckley and the city guards, then threatened Buckley into accepting a challenge set for three days later.
• Locke had the city guards lower the barrier and camped outside Buckley City with his Demons rather than pay the hundredfold entry fee.
• News of the challenge spread, and the city's residents grew uneasy after seeing Locke's force of two hundred Mid-grade Gods and five hundred Low-grade Gods.
• Locke arrived at the Battle Arena, but Buckley did not appear by the appointed time.
• Buckley's manor claimed he had gone to cultivate a dangerous technique and had instructed his followers to concede if he did not return.
• The Battle Arena declared Locke the winner because Buckley was absent when the challenge time arrived.

Locke’s Demon Castle expanded across several cities while he secluded himself to advance his Water Law Profundities. Ten years later, Little White prepared Buckley City’s Demon Castle to send expansion teams into new cities.

• Locke won the Battle Arena, became City Lord of Buckley City, and granted Demons special privileges there.
• Rock Peak and Ryan established Demon Castles in Red Maple City and Namu City, whose City Lords joined as Four-star Demons.
• The Demon Castle’s rank system and assessments drove gods to take missions and pursue higher Demon ranks.
• Locke appointed two High Gods to manage Buckley City and its Demon Castle, then secluded himself to cultivate his Water Law Profundities.
• Over ten years, Locke fused pairs of Water Law Profundities as Buckley City’s Demon Castle reached capacity.
• Little White arranged for Rock Peak and Ryan to lead two Buckley City expansion teams after completing their current missions.

Locke completed his Water Law cultivation, became a High God with power beyond a Six-star Demon, and ordered Demon Castle to expand toward prefectural cities. Ten years later, he planned to challenge Ye Mu Prefecture's Prefectural Lord, and Demon Castle's announcement stirred excitement across its thousands of cities.

• Yan Feng understood that Locke intended Demon Castle to operate as a mission organization rather than control every Demon, and he resolved to help expand it.
• Locke found the point of compatibility among all six Water Law profound mysteries and completed their fusion, advancing to the High God realm after nearly three hundred years of cultivation.
• Locke told Little White to shift Demon Castle's expansion toward prefectural cities and announced that he would challenge Ye Mu Prefecture's Prefectural Lord in ten years.
• Over the next three hundred years, Demon Castle spread across several thousand cities, and factions sent agents to learn about its detailed ranks and origins.
• Demon Castle issued a major announcement that excited its members across the cities, and agents quickly reported the news to their factions.

News of Locke, a Seven-star Demon, challenging Ye Mu Prefecture Lord Kurus spread across Hell and stirred debate about Demon Castle’s rankings. Kurus accepted the fight ten years later, hoping to test Demon Castle’s strength and learn whether it held a path to greater power, while preparing to destroy the faction if its claims proved false.

• News of Demon Castle’s God-level rankings and Locke’s challenge to Kurus spread throughout Hell.
• Kurus agreed to fight Locke in the Battle Arena ten years later and asked Dalton to investigate the challenger.
• Dalton revealed that Demon Castle ranked Locke as a Seven-star Demon, far above Dalton’s Five-star and Kurus’s Six-star levels.
• Kurus welcomed the prospect of facing a stronger opponent and speculated that Demon Castle had discovered a way for Gods to advance.
• Kurus refused to concede and threatened to destroy Demon Castle if Locke’s strength proved to be an empty boast, while Dalton began gathering information on the faction.

Dalton investigated Locke and decided Ye Mu Prefecture should avoid provoking Demon Castle until Locke’s challenge to Kurus was settled. Eight years after issuing the challenge, Locke set out from Buckley City toward Ye Mu Prefecture, drawing the Sovereigns’ attention; during the journey, Little White arrived at his door in a panic about their Metal Life.

• Dalton learned that Locke had founded Demon Castle and defeated Ryan while still a Mid-grade God, and judged that Demon Castle could rival Ye Mu Prefecture.
• Dalton decided to wait for Locke and Kurus to fight, prepared to surrender Ye Mu Prefecture if Kurus lost, and avoided targeting Demon Castle.
• Locke ordered Little White to prepare a Metal Life and arrange for up to three hundred Demons to travel with him to Ye Mu Prefecture.
• News of Locke’s departure spread across Hell, and the Sovereigns watched him closely while speculating about his mastery of Profound Mysteries.
• Little White knocked on Locke’s door and asked whether they needed to replace their Metal Life.