Chapter Summaries

Jie Ning impressed Zi Jing by detecting her manipulation of gravity and demonstrating that he had fused three Mysteries. Intrigued by his Earth Doppelganger and its possible use in creating new Purple Crystal Divine Beasts, Zi Jing offered him a position as her Overgod's Envoy, and he accepted.

• Jie Ning explained that his strong soul and experience fusing Mysteries had helped him notice changes in gravity around the Metal Lifeform.
• Jie Ning revealed that he had fused Earth Element, Earth-walking Technique, and Power of Life, astonishing Zi Jing and the Blade Army's Highgods.
• Zi Jing ordered Jie Ning to demonstrate his abilities, and his Earth Doppelganger gave her an idea for creating a Purple Crystal Divine Beast clan.
• Zi Jing asked Jie Ning to become her Overgod's Envoy, and Jie Ning agreed.

Jie Ning studied Metal Lifeforms with Zi Jing and learned to awaken their bodies with Earth Element and Power of Life, then helped Zi Jing create a living Purple Crystal Monster. A century later, the Bana Continent had prospered and Jie Ning had gained new Divine Avatars, but an unknown figure appeared before him and confronted him about his actions in the Undead Realm.

• Beile reassured Mosang that Jie Ning was safe as an Overgod's Envoy, then led the Blade Army toward Tiger Flight City.
• Jie Ning studied the Metal Lifeforms with Zi Jing, discovered how to activate their bodies, and created a black bear that gained a soul when Zi Jing supplied Soul Power.
• Jie Ning helped Zi Jing activate a Purple Crystal Monster, though it was unlike a true Purple Crystal Divine Beast, and he continued cultivating Gravity Space in the Purple Crystal Mountain Range.
• A hundred years later, Jie Ning had gained Fire Element and Destruction Rule Divine Avatars, while the Bana Continent had grown stronger and its people had embraced the Four Divine Beasts Church and Communication Devices.
• An unknown figure suddenly appeared before Jie Ning and remarked that his actions in the Undead Realm were interesting.

Rias, the Death Overlord, discovered that Jie Ning’s Soul Seeds could collect the experiences of undead and their linked human souls, giving her new hope of becoming a Paragon. She tracked him to the Bana Continent and asked whether the Soul Seeds could work on God-level experts.

• Rias watched Jie Ning’s special undead through the Heart of the Underworld and noticed a Soul Seed remaining after one of them died.
• Rias examined the souls of several special undead and realized their Soul Seeds could gather their thoughts and experiences for Jie Ning.
• Rias used a Plane Projection to appear beside Jie Ning in the Forest of Life on the Bana Continent.
• Jie Ning recognized Rias as an Overgod and kept the others silent while she questioned him.
• Rias asked Jie Ning whether his Soul Seeds could be used on God-level experts.

Rias, the Death Overlord, recruited Jie Ning for his Soul Seed Secret Art and made him her Overgod’s Envoy, while allowing his Earth God Avatar to remain with Zi Jing. Jie Ning traveled to the Underworld to meet Rias, where she announced her arrival to the startled locals.

• Jie Ning explained that Soul Seeds could be planted in God-level experts only before they became gods, and Rias decided to use the art to recruit promising Death Rule practitioners.
• Rias offered Jie Ning a Nether Fruit, a vial of Sovereign’s Might, the position of her Overgod’s Envoy, and a choice of two Sovereign Artifacts in exchange for the Soul Seed Secret Art.
• Jie Ning told Rias that his Earth God Avatar already served Zi Jing, so Rias contacted Zi Jing and asked her to let Jie Ning serve as her Envoy too.
• Zi Jing agreed to Rias’s request and allowed Jie Ning’s Earth God Avatar to continue working with her in Hell.
• Rias gave Jie Ning a scroll to summon her in the Underworld, and Jie Ning suspended the Undead Realm project before traveling there.
• When a bald man approached Jie Ning in the Underworld, Jie Ning tore the scroll, and Rias’s face appeared in the sky to tell him she was coming.

Rias brought Jie Ning to Nether Mountain and gave him a Nether Fruit, which rapidly advanced his Death Rule comprehension and made his Death God Avatar a Highgod. After explaining the fruit’s lingering effect, Rias left with Jie Ning, while Bena returned to her tree and Little Gold hid from Rias.

• Rias killed Lik when he tried to speak, then took Jie Ning away while the others fought over Lik’s Space Ring.
• Rias carried Jie Ning through the Heaven and Earth Chains to Nether Mountain’s summit, then led him to Bena, the Nether Fruit Tree Overgod.
• Rias asked Bena for a Nether Fruit as the first payment she had promised Jie Ning, and Jie Ning ate it.
• The Nether Fruit greatly accelerated Jie Ning’s Death Rule comprehension, and Heavenly Law transformed his Divine Spark into a Highgodhead.
• Rias explained that the fruit’s remaining aura would continue boosting Jie Ning’s comprehension, then teased Little Gold before leaving with Jie Ning.

Jie Ning received Sovereign's Might and two defensive Sovereign Artifacts from Rias, then taught her the Heart of the Dao Seed Demon Technique. After testing it and enjoying its effects, Rias gave Jie Ning her Token and told him to refine the artifacts before returning for a task.

• Rias let Jie Ning choose six kinds of Sovereign's Might and later gave him the remaining kinds as they arrived.
• Jie Ning requested and received a Soul Defense Divine Artifact and a Material Defense Divine Artifact.
• Rias dismissed Yin Nawei and had Jie Ning explain the Heart of the Dao Seed Demon Technique.
• Rias tested the technique by planting and removing Soul Seeds in Yin Nawei and other Underworld inhabitants, and she enjoyed experiencing their perspectives.
• Jie Ning cultivated while Rias continued using the technique and collected rent from the other elemental Overgods.
• Rias gave Jie Ning her Token and ordered him to refine the two Sovereign Artifacts before returning to receive a task.

Jie Ning gathered powerful Underworld residents and assigned them to teach newcomers about Death Magic and gather Combat Projections for an Overgod’s mission. He promised Nether Stones and Sovereign’s Might as rewards, then sent the group to begin.

• Jie Ning subdued Mulixie with a soul attack, and Mulixie agreed to follow his orders after recognizing Kaile and the other experts.
• Rias watched Soul Seed hosts from Nether Mountain and wondered how Yin Nawei and Jie Ning’s travels were going.
• Jie Ning took Mulixie and the gathered experts to Undead Sacred Mountain and ordered them to teach newcomers about Death Magic, prevent them from leaving, and explain the value of Nether Stones.
• Jie Ning gave Muka the Token needed to activate the Teleportation Array and warned the group that he had completely controlled Muka’s soul for disobedience.
• Jie Ning promised ten thousand Nether Stones for each returning newcomer with a Combat Projection, plus Sovereign’s Might for the experts who completed the mission, and sent them to work.

Jie Ning spent several thousand years recruiting Saint Realm experts at the Underworld’s Teleportation Arrays and using their Soul Seeds to strengthen his divine avatars. He later showed Zi Jing his progress in the Earth Rule, while Plas began to change after cultivating in the Purple Crystal Mountain Range.

• Jie Ning returned to the Bana Continent, installed a soul-controlled Middle-God as its new Undead Realm transfer station, and then went to the Underworld to recruit subordinates.
• Jie Ning planted Soul Seeds in selected Saint Realm experts, reclaimed them when the experts returned, and paid them the promised Nether Stones.
• Over several thousand years, Jie Ning’s Death God Avatar surpassed ordinary Seven-star Demons, his Life God Avatar became a High-God, and his other avatars made substantial progress.
• Jie Ning told Zi Jing that he had comprehended Gravity Space and found points of compatibility with two Earth Mysteries, and he planned to try bringing amethyst to life.
• Zi Jing struck Plas into the earth and ordered him to cultivate, after which she and Jie Ning sensed that his aura was changing.

After Zi Jing failed to make the Purple Crystal Mountain Range nurture another Purple Crystal Beast, she took Jie Ning out to travel and relax. Two hundred years later, they protected Gnev’s merchant caravan toward Meiluo City, where the caravan’s workers mistakenly believed Jie Ning was a High-God disguising his strength.

• Zi Jing buried a Purple Crystal Beast to see whether the mountain range would nurture it like Plas, but the attempt failed.
• Zi Jing invited Jie Ning to leave the Purple Crystal Mountain Range, and he agreed that they had spent long enough cultivating in seclusion.
• Two hundred years later, Jie Ning and Zi Jing traveled as Demon guards with Gnev’s caravan, which was headed for Meiluo City.
• Gnev delivered information about Meiluo City to Jie Ning and Zi Jing, then boasted to the caravan workers about their costly food and powerful status.
• The workers praised Jie Ning for disguising his strength as a Middle-God, while Zi Jing and Jie Ning listened unseen and discussed how they would react if they knew he really was a Middle-God.

Jie Ning revealed that he had fused the Strength Mystery with three other Mysteries, then used his Earth Doppelgangers to defeat a bandit force attacking the caravan. The chapter ended with him preparing to open the Space Rings he had collected.

• Zi Jing reacted with surprise to Jie Ning's rapid progress and encouraged him to help bring about a second Purple Crystal Divine Beast.
• Jie Ning agreed to handle a bandit force approaching the caravan, and six of his Earth Doppelgangers appeared to confront them.
• Gibol recognized that the caravan might be protected by a powerful expert, but he and his High-God companions engaged Jie Ning's Doppelgangers anyway.
• Jie Ning's Doppelgangers quickly defeated the bandits, and one of them killed Gibol with a punch after trapping him with Gravity Space.
• Jie Ning collected the bandits' spoils and placed their Space Rings before himself, ready to open them.

After settling the caravan mission and choosing to stay in Meiluo City, Jie Ning and Zi Jing explored the city and discovered an account of Stone Drum Mountain in Gnev’s notebook. They became interested in visiting its mysterious stone wall, which countered attacks with the same technique, and the chapter left them considering the site.

• Gnev gave Jie Ning and Zi Jing their mission rewards, adding five hundred thousand ink stones to each as thanks for protecting his caravan.
• Jie Ning and Zi Jing left the Demon Fortress, decided to stay in Meiluo City, and rented a courtyard for ten years.
• After resting for two days, Jie Ning and Zi Jing began sightseeing, then used Gnev’s notebook to look for notable places while waiting for their meal.
• Jie Ning read about Rainbow Valley and a divine-beast sculpture gallery, and Zi Jing showed interest in visiting the gallery.
• Jie Ning found the entry on Stone Drum Mountain, and Zi Jing read that its stone wall struck back at attackers with the same technique; she became interested in it.

Jie Ning and Zi Jing visited Stone Drum Mountain to investigate its mysterious stone wall. After driving off the gathered experts, they tested the wall and discovered that it simulated Zi Jing’s attack with a slight delay.

• Jie Ning and Zi Jing finished their meal and traveled to Stone Drum Mountain after reading about its stone wall.
• Zi Jing pretended to dismiss Jie Ning, and several experts pursued him while Kalo introduced himself to Zi Jing.
• Jie Ning returned after defeating the pursuers and said they had taught him insights into Earth Pulse and their techniques.
• Kalo and the other experts left after Zi Jing and Jie Ning said they only wanted to study the stone wall.
• Zi Jing attacked the wall, which returned an identical move, and she and Jie Ning realized its simulated reflection moved a moment later.

Zi Jing and Jie Ning discovered that Stone Drum Mountain powered the Stone Wall’s ability to simulate people and techniques, then moved the mountain to the Purple Crystal Mountain Range. Meanwhile, Rias tested her Soul Control Technique on Xisha and began arranging a meeting between two people whose bodies had been swapped, while Jie Ning considered trying the Stone Wall’s counterattack without five fusions.

• Zi Jing explained how the Stone Wall gradually created a duplicate of her and reproduced her techniques, though its simulations were weaker and lacked her Soul Stone.
• Wuliqi brought a blue-haired girl with an unusually resistant soul to Jie Ning, who recognized her as Rias using a host to test her Soul Control Technique.
• Rias traded Jie Ning one bottle of Overgod Power for his Consciousness Swap Secret Art, then left Xisha in his care and used the technique to swap the bodies of a gray-haired youth and a purple-haired man.
• Jie Ning arranged for Xisha to stay safely on the Undead Sacred Mountain, while Rias watched the body-swapped pair and planned to guide them into meeting.
• Zi Jing determined that the Stone Wall’s power came from Stone Drum Mountain, uprooted the mountain, and carried it back with Jie Ning to the Purple Crystal Mountain Range.
• Jie Ning and Zi Jing installed Stone Drum Mountain outside the range’s protected layout, confirmed that the Stone Wall still produced its counterattack, and Jie Ning considered testing it without five fusions.

Jie Ning and Zi Jing used Stone Drum Mountain’s magic array to create a juvenile Purple Crystal Beast, which Zi Jing took away to be nurtured by the Purple Crystal Mountain Range. Over thousands of years of further experiments and cultivation, Jie Ning fused Power of Life with Gravity Space and became a High-God in Earth Pulse.

• Jie Ning and Zi Jing activated the magic array on Stone Drum Mountain, combining Zi Jing’s Purple Crystal Energy with Jie Ning’s Life Activation to form a Purple Crystal Beast inside the Stone Wall.
• The Stone Wall cracked and released the creature; Zi Jing identified it as a juvenile Purple Crystal Beast whose scattered Soul Power was beginning to gather into a Soul Stone.
• Zi Jing took the juvenile to the Purple Crystal Mountain Range for nurturing, while Jie Ning inspected the damaged Stone Wall and discovered his first insight into combining Power of Life with Gravity Space.
• Jie Ning continued cultivating as Zi Jing and Jie Ning created more Purple Crystal Beasts; after thousands or tens of thousands of years, Jie Ning fully fused Power of Life and Gravity Space.
• Jie Ning failed to find a point of compatibility between Power of Life and Earth Pulse, but reached great mastery in Earth Pulse and became a High-God in his Earth God Avatar.

Vivia told Rias that Utred wanted all Sovereigns to petition the Supreme God to reveal the remaining Sovereign Sparks, and the Overlords agreed to proceed while reserving control over some Sparks. Jie Ning learned that the contest was imminent and prepared to take part, but the chapter ended with him deciding which divine avatar to send.

• Vivia visited Jie Ning and reunited with Rias, who was possessing Xisha's body.
• Vivia explained that Utred wanted the Sovereigns to ask the Supreme God to reveal the remaining ownerless Overgod Sparks, and Rias agreed that they should act despite Utred's motives.
• Rias and Vivia met Utred in Hell, where they agreed to petition the Supreme God and arrange the Sparks in their respective systems.
• Rias revealed that she hoped Jie Ning would become a Chief Sovereign and said a remaining Death System Lesser Sovereign Spark might suit him.
• Utred summoned every Chief Sovereign in Hell to the Sea of Chaos, and Zi Jing warned Jie Ning to give up if the contest became too dangerous.
• Jie Ning returned to the Bana Continent with a plan to send one divine avatar to compete, but he had not yet chosen between his Life and Death avatars.

The Overgods summoned the Supreme Gods and persuaded them to reveal the remaining Sovereign Sparks, then voted to scatter the disputed Sparks into Spatial Turbulence. As rival Overlords pursued the Four Divine Beasts, Zi Jing brought Jie Ning news that left him wondering whether finding a Sovereign Spark had become a matter of luck.

• Utred summoned the Supreme Gods on behalf of the Overgods, and the Destruction Supreme God caused more than ten hidden Sovereign Sparks to appear.
• Utred and Rias claimed Destruction and Death Sovereign Sparks, while Vivian threw a Life Sovereign Spark into Spatial Turbulence; Of then proposed that the remaining Sparks be scattered there as well, and most Overgods voted in favor.
• Of tossed the remaining Sovereign Sparks into Spatial Turbulence, prompting many Overgods to leave and search for them, while the Four Divine Beasts chose to return to the Sky Sacrifice Mountain Range.
• Water Overlord Wenman, Lightning Overlord Hulley, Earth Overlord Gagees, and Dark Overlord Senel followed the Four Divine Beasts but left without attacking them.
• Utred explained the Four Divine Beasts' Innate Divine Abilities and their combined technique to Rias, Vivian, and Of.
• Zi Jing's Plane Projection told Jie Ning that the Death Sovereign Spark had been claimed and the others had been thrown into Spatial Turbulence, leaving Jie Ning frustrated by the prospect of searching at random.

Jie Ning returned to Hell to search for an Overgod Spark, reunited with Beile and Mosang, and warned them that Sovereigns could enter public battles for the Sparks. Meanwhile, new Destruction Sovereigns emerged, and the Four Divine Beasts began an experiment to combine their Innate Divine Abilities.

• Beile warned Mosang that the Overgod Sparks' arrival could make Hell more dangerous, then they met Jie Ning at the Teleportation Array.
• Jie Ning explained that he had come to Hell using his Life God Avatar and shared details about the Overgod Sparks with Beile and Mosang.
• Jie Ning warned Beile and Mosang to flee any public fight over an Overgod Spark because Sovereigns could join the battle, then departed in his Metal Lifeform.
• Xing Yi and Pash declared that they had become Destruction Sovereigns.
• Leding advised Nemo, Us, and Bowen against seeking refuge with an Overlord, then agreed to test whether their Willpower Enhancement could control a fully combined Innate Divine Ability.

Jie Ning waited at the Blood Sea Abyss for a Life Divine Spark, and Zi Jing helped him claim one when it appeared. After becoming a Sovereign, Jie Ning sensed the Death Overlord approaching and went with Zi Jing to meet her.

• Jie Ning sold Thorn Whips at the Blood Sea Abyss while searching for Divine Sparks in the Spatial Turbulence, and Zi Jing told him that other Sovereigns were also searching.
• Zi Jing warned Jie Ning that Sovereigns might compete for any Divine Spark that appeared, while he promised to flee unless it was a Life Divine Spark.
• A Life Divine Spark appeared in the Blood Sea Abyss, and Zi Jing subdued the High-Gods rushing toward it before handing it to Jie Ning.
• Jie Ning refined the Life Divine Spark and became a Sovereign, while Akui and Pella left without challenging him.
• Rias observed Jie Ning's ascension, and Jie Ning and Zi Jing then sensed the Death Overlord and went to meet her.

Rias brought Jie Ning back to the Underworld, gave his Death God Avatar a Death Sovereign Spark, and ordered it to remain at her side for a trillion years as punishment. Jie Ning’s Life Overgod Avatar stayed behind and planned to establish a Life Divine Plane beside Bana Continent.

• Rias teased Jie Ning and Zi Jing about Jie Ning becoming a Life Overgod before Utred arrived and proposed that they jointly remove troublesome Overgods from their command.
• Utred said he intended to deal with three Destruction Overgods, while Rias agreed to deal with one Death Overgod and let him leave.
• Rias returned with Jie Ning to Undead Sacred Mountain, sent him to retrieve his Death God Avatar, and decided to take Yin Nawei back to Nether Mountain to reunite her with Little Gold.
• Rias gave Jie Ning’s Death God Avatar a Death Sovereign Spark, which he refined to become a Death Overgod.
• Rias ordered Jie Ning’s Death Overgod Avatar to stay by her side for a trillion years, then took him and Yin Nawei back to Nether Mountain.
• Jie Ning’s Life Overgod Avatar remained at the Castle and decided to return to Bana Continent to establish a Life Divine Plane nearby.

Jie Ning created the Life-Death Two Realms Great Formation, linking two Divine Planes with Bana Continent and causing all three to grow stronger. Rias agreed to trade for the formation and arrange Sovereign Sparks for Jie Ning, while her Water Element Divine Avatar would help him adapt it.

• Jie Ning created life and death Divine Planes and gained rapid insights into the Life Law and Death Rule.
• Jie Ning connected the two Divine Planes to Bana Continent with the Life-Death Two Realms Great Formation, creating a cycle that strengthened all three Planes.
• Rias offered to trade for the formation and proposed obtaining Destruction and Fate Sovereign Sparks for Jie Ning while advising him against pursuing earth and fire sparks.
• Jie Ning accepted Rias's terms, and Rias agreed to have her Water Element Divine Avatar help him modify the formation.