Chapter Summaries

Locke doubled the speed of his Metal Life with his Destiny Divine Clone so he could reach Ye Mu Prefecture before his challenge against Kurus. In Ye Mu Prefecture, Yan Feng and Ryan waited for Locke’s arrival and finally spotted his approaching vessel.

• Little White warned Locke that their journey to Ye Mu Prefecture would take three years, leaving them too late for the challenge in less than two years.
• Locke used his Destiny Divine Clone and Word Spirit to double the Metal Life’s speed, allowing it to travel twice as fast for three days per infusion.
• Yan Feng arrived in Ye Mu Prefecture and unexpectedly met Ryan, who had been waiting for Locke after hearing about his itinerary.
• Yan Feng and Ryan discussed their progress in the Laws and Profound Mysteries while searching for Locke’s Metal Life without using Spiritual Sense.
• Yan Feng and Ryan spotted a strange Metal Life surrounded by white light approaching Ye Mu Prefecture.

Locke arrived at Ye Mu Prefecture to challenge its Prefecture Lord, accompanied by Ryan, Yan Feng, and hundreds of demons. Rather than enter the city by its ordinary rules, Locke insisted on defending the privileges and status of demons, and the gathering outside the gates grew as others joined them.

• Locke arrived at Ye Mu Prefecture in his Water Element Divine Clone, where Ryan and Yan Feng greeted him.
• Demons from Buckley City admired Ye Mu Prefecture and discussed the coming challenge and Locke’s strength.
• Yan Feng offered to take Locke and Ryan to an inn, but Locke refused, saying he would uphold demons’ privileges by waiting outside the city gates.
• Ryan and Yan Feng agreed to stay with Locke, and the demons traveling with them set up camp outside the gates rather than join the entry queue.
• Demons from other cities left the queue, and some who had already entered Ye Mu Prefecture left their lodgings to join the gathering outside.

The Demons’ growing reputation drew deities who wanted to join them, while Kurus recognized Locke as a formidable opponent and ordered Ye Mu Prefecture to grant the Demon Castle its usual privileges. Dalton delivered Kurus’s invitation to Locke, leaving the Demons free to enter the city before their anticipated battle.

• Deities watching the Demons work asked how to join, and the Demons explained that applicants had to pass the Demon Castle’s assessment.
• Kurus and Dalton discussed Locke’s apparent Seven-star Demon strength, and Kurus ordered Dalton to invite the Demons into Ye Mu Prefecture with full privileges.
• Dalton approached the Demon Castle, and Yan Feng and Ryan guarded Locke until Locke permitted him to come closer.
• Locke deliberately displayed his overwhelming divine power, leaving Dalton awed as he respectfully delivered Kurus’s invitation for the Demons to enter Ye Mu Prefecture.

Locke announced that Kurus had granted demons the same privileges in Ye Mu Prefecture as in other cities, then urged Yan Feng and Ryan to grow stronger as the Demon Castle expanded. As Locke and Kurus’s long-awaited battle day arrived, thousands of High Gods had gathered in the prefecture.

• Dalton told Locke that Kurus had granted demons equal privileges in Ye Mu Prefecture, and Locke asked him to convey his thanks and interest in discussing the Demon Castle’s development.
• Locke announced Kurus’s decision to the demons, who restored their campsite before entering the city with their Demon Medals.
• Locke told Yan Feng and Ryan that he planned to challenge prefectural rulers across Hell and urged them to expand the Demon Castle and pursue Six-star Demon strength.
• Yan Feng vowed to seek an expansion mission after Locke’s battle, and Ryan agreed to follow his example.
• More than three thousand High Gods arrived in Ye Mu Prefecture, many having registered as demons, and the day of Locke and Kurus’s battle arrived.

Locke faced Kurus in Ye Mu Prefecture’s Battle Arena to demonstrate Seven-star Demon-level strength and establish the Demon Castle’s authority. Locke’s single attack shattered space and badly wounded Kurus, who survived and conceded.

• Locke appeared above the crowded Battle Arena, and the High Gods present felt the pressure of his divine power.
• Kurus arrived, and Locke said he would use only the strength of someone who had just reached the Seven-star Demon level for one attack.
• Kurus prepared his lightning armor, spear, and Innate Divine Ability before inviting Locke to strike.
• Locke’s effortless attack opened a deep Spatial Rift that swallowed Kurus’s spear attack and shattered his defenses and divine body.
• Kurus escaped the Spatial Rift’s suction after losing more than half his divine power, then conceded to Locke.

After Locke’s victory over Kurus established the Demon Castle’s dominance in Ye Mu Prefecture, its influence and strength continued to grow. A red-haired Lord God visited Vistro Beloso, gave him three drops of Destruction Lord God Power, and ordered him to use them against Locke a thousand years later.

• Locke’s battle recording spread across Hell, while the Demon Castle recruited demons and expanded its escort missions throughout Ye Mu Prefecture.
• Vistro Beloso watched the recording and resolved to strengthen his defense before his scheduled battle with Locke.
• A red-haired youth appeared in Vistro Beloso’s training chamber, and Vistro Beloso realized the visitor was a Lord God.
• The Lord God gave Vistro Beloso three drops of Destruction Lord God Power and told him to use them against Locke a thousand years later.
• The Lord God promised Vistro Beloso a chance to serve him if he defeated Locke, but warned that failure would prove him unworthy.

Bella considered attaching himself to the Sovereign after witnessing the Sovereign’s power, while Locke continued researching how to refine Lord God Power from Ink Stones. Locke discovered that Ink Stones contained a separable trace of Lord God Power and absorbed it, realizing how much it could strengthen his attacks.

• The red-haired Sovereign tore open space, entered the Spatial Turbulence, and left Bella contemplating whether to seek his patronage for Lord God Power.
• Locke continued fusing his Water Law Profundities and used his Saint Domain true body to resume investigating Ink Stones.
• Locke used Word Spirit: Insight to discover that Ink Stones were ordinary Hell minerals infused with a trace of Lord God Power.
• Locke precisely separated the Lord God Power aura from an Ink Stone and found that the remaining stone was ordinary rock.
• As the extracted power began to dissipate, Locke absorbed it and found that it greatly increased his physical strength and could amplify his Law Profundities nearly a hundredfold.

Locke used Destiny Simulation to glimpse a future battle in which the Prefecture Lord of Blood River Prefecture wielded Destruction Lord God Power and defeated him. He decided to draw Hell’s Sovereigns’ attention toward the Four Divine Beasts while he secretly worked to advance his Fate Law and expand the Demon Castle.

• Locke weighed the risks of refining Destruction Lord God Power and chose to use his Fate Law to simulate possible futures.
• Locke’s simulation showed him losing to the Prefecture Lord of Blood River Prefecture, who used black radiant flames a thousand years in the future.
• Locke inferred that a Destruction Sovereign had armed the Prefecture Lord to test him and considered how the Sovereigns might escalate their interference.
• Locke decided to provoke the Four Divine Beasts into entering Hell, hoping to keep Hell’s Sovereigns occupied while he spread Demon Castles and pursued Paragon level in the Fate Law.
• Locke’s Water Element Divine Clone left Ye Mu Prefecture in secret.

Locke traveled from Hell to the Water Element God Plane, where he learned he had arrived in Sovereign Philo’s territory and sought information about the plane’s powers. He left with a map and considered the clever squad captain a talent.

• Locke reached Mirror Moon Cliff and paid to join a group teleporting to the Water Element God Plane.
• After arriving, Locke learned from a Falling Snow Legion squad captain that the area belonged to Sovereign Philo.
• Locke asked for a map and information about the Sovereigns, but the captain could only provide the map.
• Locke offered the captain a Space Ring, invited him to seek Locke in Hell someday, and flew away.
• The captain discreetly switched the Space Ring before returning it, and Locke later discovered the map marked the Water Element God Plane’s major powers.

Locke traveled across the Water Element God Plane to reach the Azure Dragon Archipelago, buying a Metal Life and Cold Stones before spending fifteen years cultivating along the way. He arrived at the archipelago and drew the attention of Azure Dragon Legion soldiers, who spotted him and recognized him as a High God.

• Locke decided to buy a Metal Life and exchange his Ink Stones for Cold Stones so he could travel to the Azure Dragon Archipelago while cultivating.
• Locke purchased an ordinary Metal Life and one billion Cold Stones in a city, then set off toward the archipelago.
• Locke spent fifteen years cultivating aboard the Metal Life and killed bandits who attacked him, enslaving one Mid-grade God to pilot the vessel.
• Locke arrived at the Azure Dragon Archipelago and saw that its islands resembled a divine dragon from the sky.
• Locke used Spiritual Sense to locate the Azure Dragon Legion, whose soldiers noticed him, flew up to confront him, and identified him as a High God.

Locke traveled to Dragon Belly Island to meet Lord God Reiding’s Azure Dragon Legion commander, hoping to trade valuable information for a promise. After advancing to Asura during the journey, he arrived at the island and was challenged by the legion’s soldiers.

• Locke asked an Azure Dragon Legion squad captain how to contact Lord God Reiding, and the captain directed him to Commander Drost on Dragon Belly Island.
• Locke rewarded the captain with a Water Element High Godhead and set out in his Metal Life for Dragon Belly Island.
• During the five-year journey, Locke fused four Water Element Profound Mysteries and reached the Asura realm.
• Locke arrived at Dragon Belly Island, where dozens of High Gods blocked his path for flying over the legion’s garrison.
• Locke identified himself as Demon Castle’s Seven-star Demon and asked to meet Commander Havors, but the soldiers mocked him and refused to take him seriously.

Locke sought Lord God Reiding’s help on the Water Element God Plane, but the Azure Dragon Legion challenged him before he could meet Commander Havors. After Locke overwhelmed the legion, Reiding appeared in a projection and asked who he was.

• Locke attacked several dozen Azure Dragon Legion High Gods with a water palm after they mocked his request to see Commander Havors.
• Nearly a thousand High Gods and more than ten thousand Mid-grade Gods attacked Locke, but he blocked their attacks with a Spatial Rift.
• Locke froze tens of thousands of Azure Dragon Legion soldiers with Extreme Cold Prison, leaving them unable to fight while sparing their lives.
• The remaining soldiers agreed to report Locke to Commander Havors, but Lord God Reiding’s projection appeared before they could go.
• Locke saluted Reiding, identified himself as the founder of Demon Castle in Hell, and said he had come to find him.

Locke secured an audience with Lord God Reiding by claiming he knew a secret concerning the four Lord Gods, then traveled to Dragon Head Peak to meet him. Reiding questioned how Locke had learned about Law Profundity fusion, and Locke explained that he had discovered and mastered it himself, leaving Reiding stunned by his talent.

• Locke told Reiding he would reveal an important secret only in exchange for a promise from the four Lord Gods, and Reiding summoned him to Dragon Head Peak.
• After Reiding dispersed his Sovereign's Might and freed the frozen legion soldiers, Locke obtained a map and flew toward Dragon Head Peak.
• Locke arrived at Reiding's Sovereign Palace, announced himself, and entered after Reiding granted permission.
• Reiding praised Locke's achievements and asked which Lord God supported him and how he knew about Demon star rankings and Law Profundity fusion.
• Locke said his elder had taught him about the Water Law Profundities and that he had independently fused them, while Reiding realized Locke's talent surpassed his own.

Locke claimed he could help Lesser Lord God Reiding gain strength comparable to a Law Overlord, but demanded protection in exchange. After Reiding swore to protect him for one hundred million years, Locke withheld the secret until Reiding summoned three other Lord Gods who would also need to assist.

• Reiding said he and Locke were evenly matched in fusing four Profound Mysteries and became interested in Locke’s potential.
• Locke asked Reiding to seal the hall, then claimed he knew a method to make a Lesser Lord God as powerful as a Law Overlord.
• Reiding pressured Locke and questioned his identity, but Locke concealed his soul aura and threatened to offer the secret to other Law Overlords if Reiding killed him.
• Locke demanded an oath of protection for one hundred million years, and Reiding swore it in the name of the Supreme God of Destruction.
• Locke said the method required three other Lord Gods and offered to name them so Reiding could summon all three.

Locke negotiated with Reiding, Ersius, Nemo, and Bowen, trading the secret of their fused Innate Divine Abilities for essence blood, Sovereign's Might, and Lord Artifacts. The four Sovereigns left to test the fusion in the Spatial Turbulence, while Locke remained in the Azure Dragon Temple with his new treasures.

• Locke named Ersius, Nemo, and Bowen as the other Sovereigns and explained that the secret could raise their strength to rival Law Overlords.
• Reiding brought the three Sovereigns to the Azure Dragon Temple, where Locke demanded twenty drops of essence blood and five hundred drops of each type of Sovereign's Might from each, plus specific Lord Artifacts.
• The four Sovereigns accepted Locke's terms and handed over the requested essence blood, Sovereign's Might, and Lord Artifacts.
• Locke revealed that Dragon Roar, Tiger's Roar, Phoenix's Cry, and Tortoise's Cry could fuse into a powerful combined Innate Divine Ability.
• Reiding led the other three Sovereigns into the Spatial Turbulence to test the fusion, leaving Locke behind.

Reiding, Ersius, Nemo, and Bowen fused their Innate Divine Abilities into a devastating attack that seemed to freeze time and space, then swore brotherhood as the Four Divine Beasts Sovereigns. After publicly challenging the other Sovereigns, they returned to the Azure Dragon Palace, where Locke congratulated them on their newfound power.

• Reiding and the other three Sovereigns fused their Innate Divine Abilities, unleashing a Soul Attack that appeared to stop time and space and convinced them they could challenge an Overlord.
• Reiding proposed that the four swear brotherhood, and Ersius, Nemo, and Bowen agreed, with Reiding as eldest and Bowen as fourth.
• Reiding proposed ranking the brothers by the strength of their Innate Divine Abilities, and Ersius narrowly defeated Nemo in their contest.
• The four brothers taunted the watching Sovereigns and invited them to fight, but no one stepped forward; they settled their ranks as Reiding, Ersius, Nemo, and Bowen.
• Locke welcomed the Four Divine Beasts Sovereigns at the Azure Dragon Palace and congratulated them on their possible rise to Overlord status.

The Four Divine Beasts Sovereigns agreed to make Hell their base after Reiding explained his pact to protect Locke, while Locke returned to Hell and avoided meeting them. As Locke’s Demon Castle expansion accelerated into Blood River Prefecture, the long-awaited battle with its prefectural lord drew experts from across Hell.

• Reiding proposed that the four brothers settle in Hell to avoid disputes over which divine plane to choose and to protect Locke under their pact.
• Locke refused Reiding’s offer to take him to Hell and used the Water Walking Technique to return to his Demon Castle in Ye Mu Prefecture.
• After the Four Divine Beasts Sovereigns arrived in Hell and clashed with its Sovereigns, they occupied the Sky Sacrifice Mountain Range, while Locke concealed his presence and gave his additional treasures to his Saint Domain true body.
• Locke continued cultivating as the Demon Castle spread throughout Ye Mu Prefecture and expanded into Blood River Prefecture, where many cities established castles ahead of his arrival.
• As the thousand-year deadline for Locke’s battle with Blood River Prefecture’s lord approached, experts from across Hell gathered to watch the Seven-star Demon fight.

Locke arrived in Blood River Prefecture with Yan Feng and Ryan, then entered the Battle Arena to face Prefecture Lord Vistro Beloso. As seven Sovereigns watched through their Spiritual Sense, Locke studied their reactions while Vistro prepared to attack him.

• Locke met Yan Feng and Ryan, noted their improved strength, and resolved to cultivate them as leaders of his faction while he stayed hidden from the Sovereigns.
• Locke entered Blood River Prefecture, where experts felt his ninefold divine power and gathered to watch his battle with Vistro Beloso.
• Locke and his companions went to Purple Thorn Castle, whose Demon Castle branch was built but had not yet officially opened.
• Locke appeared at the Battle Arena, where a crowd of Demon Castle members cheered him before Vistro Beloso arrived and challenged him.
• Locke sensed seven Sovereigns observing the arena and considered who they were, ignoring Vistro Beloso and provoking the Prefecture Lord.

Vistro Beloso used a drop of Sovereign's Might to gain asura-level power and challenged Locke, who revealed that he had also reached that rank. Locke overwhelmed Vistro Beloso but could not kill him while the Sovereign's Might kept restoring his body, and he continued to deflect Vistro Beloso's attacks.

• Vistro Beloso absorbed a black drop of Sovereign's Might, transforming and claiming his power had reached the asura rank.
• Locke revealed that he had advanced from Seven-star Demon to asura-level strength during the thousand years since fighting Kurus.
• Vistro Beloso attacked Locke, but Locke tore open a larger Spatial Rift and shattered Vistro Beloso with his Thousand Mile Sky-Reaching Palm.
• Sovereign's Might restored Vistro Beloso, who laughed that Locke could not kill him and launched a barrage of attacks.
• Locke redirected Vistro Beloso's attacks into Spatial Rifts, leaving them unable to harm him.

Locke defeated Blood River Prefecture Lord Bella by using the Mist Technique and Water Walking Technique to seize Bella’s Space Rings as Sovereign’s Might faded. When Bella surrendered, Locke revealed that Bella had been used as a pawn in a conflict between Sovereigns, leaving Bella fearful and regretful.

• Locke used the Mist Technique to conceal the arena and gather Water Elements, then used Water Walking Technique to tear off Bella’s right arm.
• Locke destroyed Bella’s arm and took his four Space Rings, preventing him from using the remaining Sovereign’s Might stored inside.
• Bella surrendered and asked Locke to return the rings, warning that other Prefect Lords might delay their challenges if Locke killed him.
• Locke explained that the Sovereign who empowered Bella would not spare him after his failure, then revealed that a Sovereign of equal standing supported Locke.
• Bella realized he had been drawn into a conflict between Sovereigns and regretted becoming an abandoned pawn.