Chapter Summaries

Linley and Cecilia brought Bri and Bruno to the Death Papacy for its Spirit Awakening Ceremony after finding the impoverished sisters during their travels. The ceremony began, and the sisters stood at the threshold of having their talent in the Death Rule tested.

• Linley and Cecilia traveled through the Star Tide Plane, carrying a Main God Token that reassured the Skullstone Army soldiers they were not a threat.
• Linley and Cecilia took Bri and Bruno to the Black Song restaurant, where Linley stopped a server from striking the sisters and Cecilia ordered them a generous meal.
• Linley explained that the Death Papacy had a specialized method for detecting talent in the Four Major Rules, and the group headed to the papacy.
• The Death Papacy began its annual Spirit Awakening Ceremony, and a Divine Official prepared a Magic Array designed to test talent in the Death Rule.

Linley and Cecilia brought Bri and Bruno to a Spirit Awakening Ceremony, where both sisters revealed supreme death-rule talent before being taken away under the protection of Cecilia’s Divine Domain. Forty years later, the sisters had become Saint Domain Archmages and commanded an undead army; after subduing an Old Mountain Dragon, they looked to Linley and Cecilia for approval.

• Winnie and six other children failed the Spirit Awakening Ceremony before Rainer passed with talent close to supreme.
• Bri passed the ceremony with supreme Death Rule talent, and Bruno displayed talent no weaker than hers.
• Cecilia used her Divine Domain to take the sisters away from the Death Papacy, and the archbishop reported the encounter to the pope, who suspected they were the visitors from the Netherworld twenty years earlier.
• Forty years later, Bri and Bruno led an Undead Army across a battlefield and forced an Old Mountain Dragon to surrender.
• Bruno established a master-servant contract with the dragon, ordered it to shrink, and the sisters looked toward Linley and Cecilia after their first battle as Saint Domain Archmages.

After Linley and Cecilia left them to pursue their own paths, Bri and Bruno returned home and reunited with their family. They became celebrated Saint Domain necromancers, then lived in seclusion for decades before beginning to turn their aging parents into corpse demons at their parents’ request.

• Linley told Bri and Bruno they no longer needed to follow him, and the sisters decided to return home and cultivate on their own.
• Levi recognized the sisters in the Moro Empire’s capital and guided them to their family estate, where they reunited with their mother and younger brother Warner.
• Bri and Bruno learned their father had gambled away their money, so Bruno repeatedly had a summoned skeleton break his legs until he promised to stop gambling.
• After their Saint Domain strength became public, the sisters declined offers from the imperial family and the Death Papacy and withdrew to cultivate, leaving the Old Mountain Dragon to protect their family.
• Seventy years later, Bri and Bruno began refining their elderly parents into corpse demons after confirming that the couple had chosen to undergo the process.

Bri and Bruno became gods, spent three thousand years searching for Linley and Cecilia, and finally found Cecilia cultivating in a hidden planar chamber. They joined her there to wait for Linley's return and cultivate together.

• Bri and Bruno refined their parents into Corpse Demons, and Bri became a Death Element Lower God.
• Bri’s godhood became public, and she began gathering souls to refine Soul Gold Granules.
• Thirteen years later, Bruno became a god, while Warner revealed that he had reached Level 7 ten years earlier.
• Bri and Bruno cultivated for three thousand years, then tracked Linley and Cecilia to Kokot Village and the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain.
• Bri and Bruno found Cecilia in a hidden planar chamber, learned that she was a Mid-level God, and asked to wait there for Linley.
• Cecilia agreed to let the sisters cultivate with her and told them Linley’s mastery of the Destruction Rule surpassed that of some Prefects.

After reaching the Paragon realm in the Lightning Law, Linley discovered that his transformed Magnetic Field Power let him glimpse the Law Chains and the river of time, while his other avatars also gained new insights. He began developing a personal Lightning technique, but his work was interrupted by news that the Fate Overgod had appeared in the Heavenly Realm.

• Cecilia, Bri, and Bruno cultivated in the small space until Linley returned, and the sisters asked to follow him; Linley accepted after sensing their intentions.
• Linley helped Bri and Bruno settle their family affairs, then traveled with them across thousands of Material Planes over eight million years, cultivating the Fate Rule to the High-level God realm.
• Linley's Lightning God Clone perfected the Lightning Law, became a Paragon High-level God, and discovered that he could merge with its Law Chain and glimpse the past and future through a higher-dimensional river.
• Linley's breakthrough also advanced his Destiny God Avatar's Fate Rule to a realm comparable to fusing three Lightning Law Mysteries.
• Linley spent a hundred years developing a personal Lightning technique in the Netherworld, until the Death Sovereign announced that the Fate Overgod had appeared in the Heavenly Realm.

Fate Rule Of revealed that he had summoned the Supreme God of Destiny, learned that Great Circle Perfection was the limit of normal cultivation, and chosen a Soul Defense Supreme God Artifact. The Main Gods gathered in Heaven then disclosed how many Supreme God Tokens they held, leaving Linley to consider how difficult it would be to obtain Death Sovereign’s token.

• Of explained that the Supreme God of Destiny could not make him an Overgod and had said that Great Circle Perfection was the end of normal cultivation.
• Of revealed that Supreme God Artifacts could greatly increase a Main God’s power, then showed that he had chosen the Soul Defense Supreme God Artifact instead of an attack artifact.
• Of credited Light Sovereign Augusta with helping him obtain three Supreme God Tokens, and Uthred asked the others to give him any remaining token in exchange for a favor.
• Death Sovereign revealed that she had the Supreme God of Death Mirror and one token, while Life Sovereign said she had the Supreme God of Life Mirror and two tokens.
• Linley realized that Death Sovereign held the third token he needed and that obtaining it would be difficult.

After the Rulers revealed the search for Supreme God Tokens, Linley concealed that he held the remaining Death tokens and arranged a token search to satisfy the Death Sovereign. Meanwhile, Hulley discovered Artem had vanished and, suspecting Linley, decided to confront him in the Underworld.

• Hulley provoked Linley by suggesting that a matching Supreme God Artifact could make him as powerful as the Death Sovereign, and Linley reminded him that the Death Sovereign alone ruled the Underworld.
• The Rulers departed the Heavenly Realm, and the Death Sovereign told Linley to reward anyone who found indestructible objects that might be Supreme God Tokens.
• Linley ordered Berkot and the Ghost Legion to search for indestructible objects, while secretly knowing the remaining Death Supreme God Tokens were in his Space Ring.
• Hulley searched for Artem, found no trace or teleportation record, and concluded that a Sovereign had killed him inside the Lightning Element Divine Plane.
• Raymond and Eric accused the Underworld faction and Linley of killing Artem, and Hulley decided to visit the Underworld to investigate Linley himself.

Hulley confronted Linley in the Underworld over Artem’s death, but Linley damaged Hulley’s Sovereign Artifact and forced him to leave after the Death Sovereign intervened. Word spread that Linley was the Number One Beneath the Rulers, and Of sent Poteer to the Underworld.

• Hulley confronted Linley in the Underworld and demanded to know whether he had killed Artem; Linley admitted it and blamed Artem’s death on Hulley’s support and interference.
• Hulley unleashed his lightning power and hurled a Sovereign Artifact spear at Linley’s palace, but Linley met it with a death blade and damaged the spear.
• Linley claimed he could briefly unleash power near the Paragon level, and the Death Sovereign praised him before ordering Hulley to leave the Underworld.
• Hulley warned Linley to stay away from the Lightning Element God Plane, then departed as Linley resolved to kill him once he grew stronger.
• Poteer told Of that Linley and Hulley were at odds and that Linley was being called the Number One Beneath the Rulers; Of instructed Poteer to go to the Underworld.

Botier tried to recruit Linley for Of, but Linley refused, so Of rewarded Botier with research that strengthened his Fire Law techniques. At a banquet, Botier invited Inas to join the Fate Sovereign, but Inas declined; afterward, Hulley searched for Supreme God Tokens and summoned Leonard.

• Botier visited Linley and conveyed Of's invitation to exchange insights and join the Heavenly Realm faction, but Linley declined.
• Of accepted Linley's refusal and gave Botier research on a fire-element divine beast's bloodline, which inspired Botier to improve his moves.
• Botier celebrated with Manlu, Inas, and Damon, then invited Inas to join Of; Inas declined because he feared Hulley's retaliation.
• Inas returned to the Lightning Element Divine Plane and learned that Hulley wanted him to remain in the Fire Element Divine Plane while searching for Supreme God Tokens.
• Hulley crushed a pile of fake tokens and summoned Leonard.

Hulley sent Leonard and the Heavenly Punishment Army into the Underworld to search for Death Supreme God Tokens, prompting Death Sovereign to retaliate by sending Underworld forces across other realms. After four tens of thousands of years, Linley completed his lightning technique, then arrived at the Life God Realm as Vivian revealed the Life Supreme God Artifact she had obtained.

• Hulley ordered Leonard to covertly lead Heavenly Punishment Army warriors into the Underworld in search of Death Supreme God Tokens.
• Linley and Death Sovereign discovered the influx of foreign forces in the Underworld, and Death Sovereign sent her armies to raid other planes while sparing the Life God Realm.
• Hulley responded to the Underworld raids by openly reinforcing his forces there, and the resulting turmoil drove divine-level beings to seek shelter in main god cities.
• After four tens of thousands of years of training, Linley developed his lightning ultimate move, Verdict, and learned that Vivian had summoned the Life Supreme God.
• Linley reached the Life God Realm and joined the gathered main gods as Vivian revealed her Life Supreme God Artifact, a divine sword.

After the Sovereigns began searching aggressively for Supreme God Tokens, Linley worried that Death Sovereign would discover he had already found two. He tracked down Diya in the Wind Element Divine Plane, took the Wind Element Sovereign Spark hidden in her Space Ring, and then headed to the Yulan Plane.

• Hulley ordered inspections of Space Rings throughout the Lightning Element Divine Plane, and other Sovereigns followed with their own searches for tokens.
• Death Sovereign ordered inspections at Underworld Main God cities and offered rewards for Supreme God Tokens or information, while Linley worried about concealing the tokens he possessed.
• Linley learned from Liko that Diya, a Jade-winged Golden Light Eagle, was hiding in the Coolwind Mountains on Tornado Continent.
• Linley subdued Diya and found a Wind Element Upper Main God Sovereign Spark in her Space Ring.
• Linley brought Diya back to the Underworld, then took his companions through the Plane Teleportation Array toward the Yulan Plane.

Linley brought his companions to the Yulan Plane, visited Cecilia, and settled into a life of comfort at the Orkatt Family estate. He also planned to have children so a descendant could inherit his unused Sovereign Spark, and the chapter ended with him enjoying a lavish breakfast surrounded by his household.

• Linley arrived in the Yulan Plane, controlled the Plane Guardian Ginny, and flew with the women to the Orkatt Family estate, where Cecilia welcomed them.
• At Scarlet Cloud Flower Valley, Linley painted a Destiny Scroll, then switched to his Destruction God Avatar and led his companions toward the Yulan Plane.
• Ginny greeted another of Linley's Divine Avatars at the Arctic Icefield as he brought the women to the Material Plane to have children and raise a descendant worthy of his Sovereign Spark.
• Linley woke at the estate, let the maids dress him, and chose two to attend him that night.
• Linley joined his household for breakfast in the estate, where Cecilia had removed the Orkatt emperors' portraits and Linley enjoyed the leisurely meal.

Linley watched his descendants cultivate and quarrel, then gave them Metal Life orbs while keeping his plans for their futures secret. A million years later, he learned that Uthred had obtained a Supreme God Artifact, and Linley attended the gathering in Hell as the Death Sovereign and other powers reacted to the news.

• Linley spent years observing his descendants' talents and training, then gave them Metal Life orbs so they could live and cultivate separately.
• Linley encouraged his children to focus on Wind Magic and Battle Qi, but they said they preferred other forms of magic.
• After a million years, Linley's memories synchronized, and he learned that Uthred had obtained a Supreme God Artifact.
• Overgods and Sovereigns gathered on an island in Hell's Sea of Chaos, where Uthred held the Destruction Supreme God Artifact and received their congratulations.
• The Death Sovereign told Uthred he had beaten her to the artifact, while Linley silently considered candidates for refining Wind Element Upper Main God Sparks.

Linley revealed his status as an Overgod to his children and gave Lan Yu the Upper Wind Sovereign Spark, making him the new Wind Element Overgod. After Lan Yu created a small God Plane and grew stronger, the Four Divine Beasts learned of his rise and descended to the Yulan Plane to confront him.

• Linley summoned his children who had cultivated the Wind Law, revealed that he was an Overgod, and explained how he had obtained the Wind Sovereign Spark.
• Linley brought the Upper Wind Sovereign Spark to the Yulan Plane, and Lan Yu refined it to become the Wind Element Overgod.
• Linley advised Lan Yu to create a small God Plane, gave him two Death Supreme God Tokens, and moved with Cecilia and the other women to the Netherworld.
• Lan Yu gathered Wind Element Sovereign's Might, created a small God Plane, and fused eight Profound Mysteries of the Wind Law.
• After news of Lan Yu spread, the Four Divine Beasts decided to seek him out and possibly kill him to reclaim the Sovereign Spark.
• The Four Divine Beasts sent projection avatars to the Yulan Plane, and Lan Yu appeared before them on Qingya Continent.

Lan Yu took up the Wind Element Ruler’s duties while Linley continued secretly pursuing his plans and refining his body. After Dannington reached the peak of the Death Rules, Linley appeared to test his strength in a fight.

• The Four Divine Beasts tried to invite Lan Yu to Hell, but Hulley and Augusta exposed their likely intentions, and Redding and the others dismissed their projections.
• Lan Yu arrived at the Wind Element Divine Plane, took the former ruler’s throne, and ordered Teresia and the other Overgods to intensify their search for the Supreme God Token.
• Over billions of years, Lan Yu found the Wind Element Overgods difficult to control, while Linley told him to remain patient as the other rulers continued searching for the hidden tokens.
• Linley refined the essence of his Godhead until his physical body came close to Sovereign Artifact strength, then received Dannington’s summons.
• Dannington told Linley he had become a Death Rule Great Circle High-level God, and Linley challenged him to fight.
• Linley attacked with Death Power and a Death Demon Sword, while Dannington used Willpower to meet the blow head-on.

Linley sparred with Dannington after Dannington broke through to the Paragon Highgod realm, then questioned him about the changes he had sensed. Linley took him to the Small Death Plane to continue their training, where they prepared to fight using only the Death Rule and their bodies.

• Linley and Dannington fought fiercely in Candlelight Plane, and Linley ended the spar when Frederitz arrived to investigate.
• Dannington told Frederitz that he had become a Paragon Highgod and warned him to keep quiet about the Overgod's unusual Projection Avatar.
• Dannington and Frederitz agreed to deal with the three remaining Ghost Legion God-level powerhouses on the plane.
• Dannington visited Linley in the Netherworld, and Linley questioned him about his breakthrough and his ability to sense a faint fluctuation around the Overgod.
• Linley led Dannington through a hidden spatial door to the Small Death Plane and proposed a fight using only the Death Rule and their bodies.

Linley sparred with Dannington to study the Death Rule, then revealed that his Lightning God Clone was also a Paragon and defeated Dannington’s ultimate technique with Verdict. Dannington asked Linley to use his special strength-amplification method in a full-power fight, leaving their next clash poised to begin.

• Linley and Dannington fought for ten days with Death Rule techniques, and Linley gained inspiration from Dannington’s Heaven and Earth Lose Color before returning to meditate.
• Linley revealed his Lightning God Clone was a High-level God Paragon, and Dannington agreed to spar with it while using his willpower.
• Linley and Dannington traded lightning and Death attacks, including soul assaults, as they tested each other’s abilities.
• Linley used Verdict against Dannington’s Heaven and Earth Lose Color, overpowered the move, and blasted Dannington into a huge crater.
• Dannington acknowledged Linley’s victory and asked him to use the special amplitude method from his death projection avatar so he could witness their full power gap.

Linley tested his Paragon-level Magnetic Field Power against Dannington, then studied Dannington’s Death Rule techniques and helped him share his breakthrough. After more than three hundred years, Dannington returned to the Ghost Legion as a Paragon and learned that Leonard and Starlight had retaken the Xilin Plane.

• Linley explained how his stacked Willpower and Magnetic Field Power compared with Dannington’s, then agreed to spar without using Willpower.
• Linley’s Magnetic Field Power pierced Dannington’s defense and trapped him in a lightning cage until Dannington broke free with Sovereign’s Might and admitted defeat.
• Linley asked Dannington to demonstrate Heaven and Earth Lose Color, and they spent more than three hundred years sparring and exchanging insights.
• Linley gave Dannington one hundred drops of Sovereign’s Might of each of the eleven elements, and Dannington left without concealing his Paragon breakthrough.
• Dannington reunited with Frederitz and the Ghost Legion’s leaders, revealed that he had reached the Paragon realm, and learned that Leonard and Starlight had conquered the Xilin Plane.

Dannington assembled a combined Netherworld force and set out to retake Xilin Plane, while Starlight and Leonard prepared their armies to resist them. Starlight enlisted the Heavenly Punishment Army’s cooperation, and Leonard agreed to fund defensive Magic Arrays as the enemy approached.

• Dannington organized Ghost Legion and Green Leaf Army troops for the expedition, and Berkot joined them after recovering his strength.
• During the journey, Berkot warned a blue-haired woman that Starlight’s abilities made him more dangerous than Leonard, but Dannington remained unconcerned.
• Starlight learned that Dannington was leading the approaching army and ordered his maid to inform the Heavenly Punishment Army so it would help defend Xilin Plane.
• Leonard received word of the Netherworld army’s advance and convened the Heavenly Punishment Army’s officers to plan their response.
• Talin outlined the Star Army’s Magic Array preparations, and Leonard agreed to provide materials and troops to help establish them.

Dannington revealed his Great Circle strength by crushing the ambush in the Xilin Plane, forcing the Star Legion to surrender the territory and killing Leonard. Xingguang reported Dannington’s power to his father, and the Sovereigns later debated banning Great Circle High-level Gods from the Faith War, leaving the Netherworld faction opposed.

• Dannington took two companions through the teleportation array and used Heaven and Earth Lose Color to annihilate nearly all the forces ambushing them in the Xilin Plane.
• Dannington killed Leonard with a soul attack, while Xingguang survived through Sovereign protection and identified himself as Xing Yi’s son before surrendering the plane.
• The Netherworld faction sent soldiers to take control of Evergreen Continent, Flowing Cloud Continent, and the surrounding sea regions.
• Xingguang reported Dannington’s breakthrough to Xing Yi, who alerted the other Hell Sovereigns and discussed the threat to their faith power.
• The Sovereigns gathered in the Sea of Chaos, where Uthred proposed barring Great Circle High-level Gods from the Faith War and the Death Sovereign objected.