Chapter Summaries

Linley spent a hundred thousand years cultivating the Lightning Element Law in Orson’s small God Plane and began fusing its sixth Profound Mystery. The chapter then followed his Destruction God Avatar as it arrived on the Yulan Plane and flew away from the wary legions stationed at the Arctic Icefield.

• Linley left the Death Sovereign and visited Orson, where they discussed cultivation and the Four Divine Beast Cult over drinks.
• Linley cultivated on a storm-lashed mountain for a hundred thousand years and successfully began fusing the sixth Profound Mystery of the Lightning Element Law.
• Linley returned to the Underworld and recalled events from a hundred thousand years earlier.
• Linley’s Destruction God Avatar appeared at the Arctic Icefield on the Yulan Plane, startling the four factions’ legions.
• Linley flew away at great speed while the warriors mistook him for an independent Seven-star Demon and notified their commander.

Linley traveled to the ancient Yulan Plane to cultivate the Fate Rule and sampled life in Blackstone Town while concealing his power. When a Black Dragon attacked the town, Macaron wounded it, but the falling beast crashed into Old Jack's Tavern as Linley remained there eating.

• Linley flew over the Yulan Plane, confirmed its name and history, and descended into Blackstone Town to cultivate the Fate Rule while limiting his use of Spiritual Sense.
• Linley visited Old Jack's Tavern, ordered roasted meat and Black Onyx Fruit Wine, and paid with a gold coin he altered to resemble local currency.
• A Black Dragon named Hanno attacked Blackstone Town and threatened to burn it down, while the townspeople fled in terror.
• Macaron and his Golden Sun Eagle fought Hanno, but the dragon badly wounded the eagle before Macaron leaped onto its back and stabbed it.
• Hanno fell toward Old Jack's Tavern and crashed through it while Linley continued eating unharmed.

Linley observed the black dragon’s death, Doronbalto’s failed Soul Mutation, and the Golden Sun Eagle’s changing fate while studying the Fate Rule. When four divine factions confronted him in the Forest of Death, they judged him too powerful to provoke and chose to monitor him instead.

• Macaron died when the wounded black dragon Hanno broke free and detonated a fireball, while Linley painted the battle and rescued Doronbalto from the ruins.
• Linley discovered that Doronbalto was a Death Element Mid-level God conducting soul experiments, then observed his Soul Mutation until he died.
• Linley watched the Golden Sun Eagle recover, mate, and begin a new destiny, then confronted Ferdinand, Jerome, and two women from the Light and Dark God Planes.
• Linley denied the four visitors information about his plans, and Jerome found Doronbalto’s body and learned Linley said the man had died during a Soul Mutation.
• Ferdinand reported Linley’s presence to the Earth Papacy, and the four factions ordered their forces to watch him without provoking him or interfering with their faith.

Linley continued studying destiny through observation and painting, eventually settling in Windmill City after a hundred thousand years of travel across the Yulan Plane. When Cecilia, the Orkatt Family’s eldest daughter, visited him, she gained a major breakthrough after eleven days contemplating his scroll, and thanked him for saving her two years earlier.

• Linley concluded that the Golden Sun Eagle’s death was its established destiny, and the insight clarified his understanding of the Destiny rule.
• Linley left the Forest of Death and spent a hundred thousand years traveling the Yulan Plane, recording the lives and destinies he observed.
• Cecilia arrived at Linley’s courtyard in Windmill City and watched him paint a scroll depicting the changing seasons.
• Cecilia entered an eleven-day trance while viewing the scroll, and her mental power rose from level seven to level eight.
• Linley gave Cecilia a roasted chicken, which strengthened her body and raised her auxiliary Battle Qi to level seven.
• Cecilia thanked Linley for saving her two years earlier and helping her grow stronger; Linley explained that he had killed the assassins after sensing their killing intent.

Cecilia thanked Linley for saving her and asked to follow him, and he agreed before taking her to the coast. After explaining that he was a Mid-level God studying the Fate Rule, Linley prepared to take Cecilia out to sea.

• Cecilia recalled how Linley had saved her from assassins two years earlier and showed her painting of herself from a past timeline.
• Linley advised Cecilia that her music training could help her cultivate the Wind Element, then reminded her that her companions had been waiting outside.
• Cecilia asked to follow Linley, and he agreed, believing her presence might help him gain insight into the Fate Rule.
• At the coast, Linley watched the waves and told Cecilia he was analyzing their trajectories and the Fate Rule.
• Linley revealed that he was a Mid-level God and brought out a silver metal sphere that expanded into a small boat for their voyage.

Linley guided Cecilia’s cultivation aboard the Metal Life, helping her reach the Saint Domain and advance her understanding of the Wind Law and Fate Rule. The chapter left Cecilia progressing toward godhood while Linley continued using her growth to deepen his own comprehension of fate.

• Linley guided Cecilia into meditation, and she broke through to the early stage of Level 9 spiritual power.
• Linley gave Cecilia a Soul Gold Bead and cultivation resources, explaining that the bead was made from millions of souls and that the Material Plane was protected from such slaughter.
• After a year of cultivation, Cecilia reached the Saint Domain, learned to fly by instinct, and received Linley’s guidance on the Laws, Rules, and Fate Rule Traits.
• Over the following ten years, Cecilia focused on the Wind Law and entered the threshold of the Dimensional Profound Mysteries.
• Linley praised Cecilia’s progress and reminded her that surviving and cultivating patiently mattered more than rushing to the Supreme Plane or God Plane.

Linley brought Cecilia to a snowy island, where she trained in the Wind Element while he painted. When a lecherous Blond Youth challenged Cecilia, Linley sealed the valley and let her fight, but a Barbarian King Dragon interrupted the battle as the Blond Youth neared defeat.

• Linley advised Cecilia to focus on comprehending the Wind Element, then took her to a snowy island where he painted while she cultivated for three years.
• The Blond Youth demanded that Cecilia fight him and become his woman if she lost, so Cecilia attacked him with Wind Magic and her Silver Rapier.
• Linley sealed the Blond Youth's escape route, and Cecilia's combat skill improved as she battled him while Linley painted the fight.
• Cecilia severed the Blond Youth's right arm, but a Barbarian King Dragon appeared and attacked her before turning on him.
• Cecilia used a split Dimensional Blade to wound the Blond Youth, and the dragon pulled him toward its jaws as Linley watched his light of Fate dim.

Linley and Cecilia continued their voyage after Cecilia became a Wind God, and Linley killed four Mid-level Gods sent by the Four Churches. They planned to return to Silver Mountain, where Linley reflected on the Yulan Plane’s races and humanity’s place among them.

• Cecilia gained insight during a battle and killed the Barbarian King Dragon, then continued traveling with Linley across the sea.
• After fifty-two years of cultivation and consolidation, Cecilia became a Wind God by placing her Godhead outside her body, and Linley gave her Soul Gold Beads to help her recover.
• Four Mid-level Gods from the Overgod Churches arrived to investigate Cecilia’s ascension; Linley killed them and took their Godheads and Space Rings.
• The churches punished the surviving members who lost their God Avatars, while Cecilia worried that Linley’s actions would bring trouble; Linley explained the dangers of ascension and Godhead hunting.
• Linley agreed to return with Cecilia to Silver Mountain and discussed the history of god-level powerhouses among the Yulan Plane’s races, noting that humans were currently weakest.

Cecilia returned to her family after becoming a god, then rescued her ancestor Maria from a battlefield and killed Amanda. Her intervention drew the attention of the local God-level powers, and Bora assumed she would join the Death Papacy.

• Linley gave Cecilia three High-level God Artifacts and two droplets of Wind Element Sovereign's Might before leaving her.
• Cecilia returned to the Orkatt Family, learned that her ancestor Maria had been seriously injured in a Faith War, and flew to the front line to rescue her.
• Cecilia stopped Amanda's attack on Maria and killed Amanda with a soul attack, despite the battlefield rules forbidding God-level interference.
• Emilia challenged Cecilia and accused Bora of plotting with the Death Alliance, then fought Bora before withdrawing without a victor.
• Cecilia protected Maria from the clash, learned how the four papacies managed local Faith Power, and met Bora, who assumed she would join the Death Papacy.

The Death Papacy learned that Cecilia followed Linley, a Seven-star Demon, and the news prompted the Refining Fire Army to investigate him. Deputy commander Ferrero arrived in the Yulan Plane to carry out the Main God's inquiry, but events escalated as the other three papacies united against the Death Papacy.

• Cecilia told Bora that Linley had killed the four mid-level Gods who came seeking her, and Bora reported the news to Pope Jerome.
• Jerome ordered an investigation into Linley, and the Refining Fire Army searched the Netherworld for information about him.
• Refining Fire Main God Osiris heard about the investigation and sent deputy commander Ferrero to the Yulan Plane to find a Floating Shadow of Linley.
• Ferrero arrived in the Yulan Plane, met with Jerome, and learned that Cecilia had become a God before turning one hundred and that she had been tracked to the Silver Mountain.
• After Ferrero and the Death Papacy learned that the Church of Light had attacked their people, the Earth, Darkness, and Light papacies joined forces against them near the Arctic Icefield.

Ferrero’s campaign left the Death Papacy dominant, but when he went to Silver Mountain to record Linley’s illusion, Linley forced him to surrender his bodies and sent him away. Years later, Cecilia’s words helped Linley advance his understanding of Fate, and he asked her to become his partner.

• Ferrero lost his Water Element Divine Avatar when a Twelve-winged Divine Angel self-destructed, then led the Death Papacy to victory at great cost to both sides.
• Ferrero traveled to Silver Mountain to record Linley’s illusion for the Refining Fire Main God, but Linley destroyed the projection and revealed his Main God Token.
• Linley forced Ferrero to split off his Sanctuary True Body, destroyed his Death God Avatar, and let him escape with one life remaining.
• Seven years later, Linley told Cecilia he planned to visit other Material Planes, and she said she wanted to stay by his side.
• Cecilia’s words helped Linley balance the heart within his cultivation of the Fate Rule and take a major step toward the Highgod realm.
• Linley kissed Cecilia and asked her to become his woman, and she happily accepted.

After Cecilia became a second God-level powerhouse, Guinevere proposed uniting the human forces to dominate Qingya Continent, and the Orkatt Family agreed to consider it under Linley’s backing. The plan would wait until Cecilia’s family and their magical beasts finished refining godheads, while Cecilia prepared to leave the Yulan Plane.

• Cecilia returned to the Orkatt Family castle with Linley, who gave her relatives Water of Life, godheads, and Divine Artifacts.
• Three years later, Cecilia became a Destiny God through External Godhood and restored her soul with the Soul Gold Bead.
• Mars and Guinevere arrived after sensing Cecilia’s breakthrough and respectfully met Linley, whom Maria identified as a High-level God.
• Guinevere proposed that Cecilia lead humanity in uniting its forces and eliminating the Orc Race, Dwarf Race, and elf race while they were weakened.
• Cecilia declined to lead the campaign because she planned to leave the Yulan Plane, and she revealed that her relatives and magical beasts were refining godheads provided by Linley.
• Cecilia’s father agreed to Guinevere’s proposal, stipulating that action would wait until the magical beasts became High-level Gods and that the human forces would be subordinate to the Orkatt Family.

Linley settled into life in the Yulan Plane while Cecilia prepared to leave a Fate Rule divine avatar behind. Ferrero reported his encounter with Linley to the Refining Fire Main God, prompting Osiris to visit Linley, where their conversation left Cecilia stunned by the scale of the powers around her.

• Cecilia decided to keep her Fate Rule divine avatar in the Yulan Plane while she and Linley traveled through other Material Planes, and she brought back three Saint Domain Magical Beasts to refine godheads.
• Ferrero recovered his Seven-star Demon strength, traveled to the Underworld, and showed the Refining Fire Main God a floating image of Linley.
• The Refining Fire Main God revealed that Linley was also an Underworld Main God and told Ferrero to let the matter end, then sent a Fire Element Divine Avatar to the Yulan Plane.
• Osiris found Linley at the Orkatt estate and joined him and Cecilia for tea, discussing cultivation, travel, and Linley's restrictions on the Four Divine Beast Families.
• Cecilia maintained her composure as Osiris and Linley spoke casually about Main Gods, but their conversation deeply shocked her.

After leaving the Yulan Plane, Linley and Cecilia traveled to the Land Plane to investigate its Gem Beasts. Linley found a rare Dark Attribute Mutated Gemstone Beast named Habby and brought it along as they headed toward Gemstone Town, where approaching riders interrupted their walk.

• Linley and Osiris parted ways, and Linley traveled with Cecilia through the Netherworld to the Land Plane.
• Linley and Cecilia reached the Gemstone Mountains and observed Gem Beasts fighting and devouring one another.
• Linley detected a hidden Dark Attribute Mutated Gemstone Beast underground and captured it after Cecilia sensed it too.
• Linley gave the frightened Gem Beast a Soul Gold Bead, invited it to follow them, and learned its name was Habby.
• Three days later, Linley, Cecilia, and Habby walked toward Gemstone Town when hoofbeats and startled shouts approached from behind.

Linley and Cecilia joined the Iron Horse Merchant Caravan on its journey to Gemstone Town, where Habby’s Saint Domain strength impressed the caravan’s leaders. During an evening camp, Linley shared cultivation advice and explained the stages of the Saint Domain, leaving Jonathan and the guards inspired and pondering the Earth Mother Goddess Claire.

• Igor and Nami met Linley and Cecilia, invited them to travel with the Iron Horse Merchant Caravan, and learned they had crossed the Gemstone Mountains directly.
• Habby frightened Igor with its powerful aura, leading Igor and his father, Ikelen, to realize Linley and Cecilia were connected to a Saint Domain powerhouse.
• At the caravan’s evening camp, Ikelen offered Linley Orchid Brew, and Linley gave Jonathan advice on mage cultivation that also caught the guards’ attention.
• Linley explained the Saint Domain’s stages and said mages had an advantage in reaching godhood because spiritual force aided the comprehension of laws and rules.
• Jonathan praised the Earth Mother Goddess Claire and kissed the earth, prompting Linley to recognize the name as that of the Crimson Jade Main God.

Linley exposed and killed a druid sent by the Earth Papacy to spy on him, then destroyed the Papacy’s branch in Gemstone Town. He joined the Iron Horse Merchant Caravan with Cecilia and Habby, and the group reached Fire Sparrow Valley outside Octo City twenty days later.

• Linley and his companions reached Gemstone Town, where Habby scared off a merchant who tried to buy it.
• After news of Habby spread, Cardinal Lida ordered Casey to secretly monitor Linley and his companions.
• Linley recognized Casey as a druid transformed into an Iron Feather Eagle, captured and interrogated him, then erased him from existence.
• Linley used the power of the Destruction Rule to destroy the Earth Papacy’s local branch while leaving nearby buildings unharmed.
• Ikelen urged the caravan to leave Gemstone Town, and Linley, Cecilia, and Habby accepted Nami’s invitation to travel with them.
• The Iron Horse Merchant Caravan traveled for twenty days and arrived at Fire Sparrow Valley outside Octo City.

While traveling with the Iron Horse Merchant Caravan, Linley witnessed Habby become a god and studied the Gem Beast’s new darkness ability, gaining insight that advanced his Destruction Rule. The group continued to Octo City, where Linley observed the Earth Papacy’s worship of Claire and recognized how she was gathering faith power under her own name.

• Linley and Cecilia painted the lakeside sunset while the caravan settled for the night, and Habby became a Darkness God.
• Linley questioned Habby about his new powers, then sent away Fried, the founder of the Octo Empire, who had arrived to investigate.
• In a Metal Life castle, Linley examined Habby’s Dark Guard and tested it against a simulated Light Guard, prompting insight into the Destruction Rule.
• After five days of contemplation, Linley found his Destruction Rule had improved and set out with Cecilia and Habby for Octo City.
• At the Earth Papacy’s headquarters, Linley watched a performance praising Claire and realized she was using her name to claim most of the plane’s faith power.

Linley, Cecilia, and Habby explored Octo City, discovered a roast shop using Red Devil Pepper, and traveled to Magic Sound Valley to study its strange natural music. After settling there to cultivate, Linley resumed experimenting on Habby following his breakthrough to godhood, leaving him in pain but protected by a Life Origin Bead.

• Habby killed a Level 7 law enforcer who accused him and Linley’s group of heresy, and the others fled.
• Pope Vireca decided not to pursue the travelers, while Linley recognized the roast meat’s spice as Red Devil Pepper from the Fire Element Divine Plane.
• After half a month without trouble from the Earth Papacy, Cecilia proposed visiting Magic Sound Valley, and the trio flew there.
• Linley identified the valley’s music as a naturally formed array bearing traces of the Wind Law Profound Mysteries, and the group settled there to cultivate.
• In the three hundred and seventy-ninth year, Habby attained godhood and placed his divine spark outside his body; Linley summoned him for experiments and gave him a Life Origin Bead when the procedure caused severe pain.

Linley met Claire, the Crimson Jade Main God who had been living in the Land Plane as Adelia, and traded dark Gem Beast essential blood for her research on light Gem Beasts. After they agreed to spar, Claire led Linley to a minor divine plane where they could fight without endangering the Land Plane.

• Cecilia emerged from seclusion after fusing two Wind Mysteries and comprehending the wind-space Mystery to mastery, advancing to mid-level god.
• Claire arrived at Linley’s castle, revealed her identity as the Earth Element Divine Plane’s Crimson Jade Main God, and admitted she also went by Adelia, the Explosive Flame Sword God.
• Linley and Claire discussed Main Gods’ travels in material planes and Habby’s value as a mutated Gem Beast, but Linley declined Claire’s offered items.
• Linley traded Claire some dark Gem Beast essential blood for her experience researching light Gem Beasts, and both began studying what they had gained.
• Claire challenged Linley to spar, and she led him through a hidden stone gate to a minor divine plane she had opened near the Land Plane.

Linley fought Claire in a small Earth Element Divine Plane, helping her gain insight into her Fire Law, then left the Land Plane for the Netherworld with Cecilia. He sent Habby to a hidden city where an Overgod kept rare Divine Beasts for experiments, while he and Cecilia traveled to the Star Tide Plane.

• Linley and Claire tested their powers in the small Earth Element Divine Plane, where Claire used her Knight Lance and Linley defeated her after more than a hundred exchanges.
• Claire accepted the loss and realized the battle had improved her Fire Law, while Linley sensed she might break through the limit of fusing five Profound Mysteries.
• Linley returned to the Land Plane with Claire, then later left with Cecilia and Habby after a thousand years and declared that they were going to the Netherworld.
• At the Sacred Mountain of the Undead, Linley sent Habby away and took Cecilia to the Star Tide Plane, while another Linley appeared and transported Habby to a black city that suppressed divine power.
• Habby met Mo Lan and learned that the city housed Divine Beasts captured for an Overgod's experiments, then settled into an empty room.
• Linley and Cecilia arrived at the Star Tide Plane, where eleven ancient Plane Teleportation Arrays stood on an isolated island.