Chapter Summaries

Lota negotiated with Uthred for the principles behind the Four Divine Beasts' Talent Divine Power, trading Essence Blood and an oath while planning to use the Divine Tomb to attract powerful subjects for his bloodline research. In Hell, Xing Yi visited Pash, and the Destruction Overlord contacted Pash after a century of peace.

• Lota rejected Uthred's request for all the Four Divine Beasts' Essence Blood, then agreed to give him 120 drops of each type and swear not to reveal the principles if Uthred discovered them.
• Uthred accepted the deal, and Lota told Ilitana that Uthred would succeed before ordering her to publicize the Divine Tomb.
• Lota reflected that his research had shifted toward the Essence Blood's properties and the restrictions on studying his Origin Bloodline, and he planned to attract powerful lifeforms through the Divine Tomb.
• Xing Yi lost a game of 256-piece War Chess to Pash, praised his strategy, and left for the Starry Mist Sea.
• The Destruction Overlord contacted Pash just after Xing Yi departed, surprising Pash, who had spent the past century keeping a low profile amid peaceful relations between the Overlords.

Uthred ordered Pash to capture the remaining pure-blooded descendants of the Four Divine Beast Family for his research, prioritizing Gaia and Luras. Pash recruited Xing Yi’s help in finding suitable captors, and Xing Yi offered to approach Adrian about sending Hemes after Luras.

• Uthred told Pash to find second- and third-generation members of the Four Divine Beast Family, especially Gaia and Luras.
• Pash explained that Gaia and Luras had fled to Material Planes and were difficult to capture because of their powerful defenses.
• Pash visited Xing Yi at the Nine-Story Tower and asked him to help find someone capable of capturing Gaia and Luras.
• Xing Yi agreed to send Moss with Mold and Reynalds to capture Gaia.
• Xing Yi suggested Hemes of Little Gold Mountain could overpower Luras, and offered to ask Adrian to help despite Pash’s misgivings about Adrian.

Thanatos told Uthred where Gaia and Luras had traveled as he pursued the Four Divine Beast Family’s members. On Miluo Island, Mosi learned of a possible Sovereign Artifact in the Qingya Plane and hurried to answer Xing Yi’s summons.

• Thanatos told Uthred that Gaia had gone to the Lightning Element Divine Plane and Luras had traveled through the Netherworld to the Sokala Material Plane.
• Thanatos reflected that Uthred might uncover the Four Divine Beasts’ Talent Divine Power, though Lota’s strength and control of their Essence Blood kept Uthred in check.
• On Miluo Island, Youlai told Mosi that the Star Army had reported traces of a Sovereign Artifact in the Qingya Plane.
• Mosi examined the informant’s soul, confirmed the information had come from the Star Army, and decided the report was credible enough to investigate.
• Mosi received a Voice Transmission from an Overgod and flew to the hall, where Xing Yi sat unseen by the island’s people.

Xing Yi ordered Mosi to bring Gaia back to You Lan Prefecture and recruited Hemes for a separate trip to a Material Plane. Hemes traveled with Xing Yi to Chen Tu Continent, where he entered a cave mansion after addressing its master as his father.

• Xing Yi summoned Mosi and ordered him to retrieve Gaia with Mold and Reynalds, while warning him not to go to Qingya Plane.
• Mosi concluded that the Qingya Plane rumors might be an Overgod's trap and considered why his abilities made him suited to capture Gaia.
• Xing Yi visited Adrian and borrowed his emissary Hemes, explaining that the task was unrelated to the approaching Plane War.
• Several days later, Xing Yi left the Dark Gold Mountains with Hemes and traveled to Chenshi Grotto on Chen Tu Continent.
• Hemes entered an underground cave mansion alone and called its occupant father.

Haze told the green-haired strong man that a Sovereign Artifact left by a fallen Overgod was rumored to be in the Qingya Plane, prompting him to investigate and allow the Mordon Family to look into it. In the Dark Forest, Beirut asked Calorona to marry him, leaving her stunned.

• Haze informed his father that news from Yellow Sand Castle linked a fallen Overgod's Sovereign Artifact to the Qingya Plane and that Koloide had already gone there.
• The green-haired strong man reviewed information about the Qingya Plane, including Dewei's past service as a Black Tortoise Army commander, and suspected someone powerful was orchestrating the rumor.
• The green-haired strong man agreed that the Mordon Family could investigate the Qingya Plane but warned Haze not to expect too much.
• Beirut showed Calorona the Dark Forest where he had lived before becoming a god and said he planned to cultivate there.
• Beirut took Calorona's hand and asked her to marry him, leaving her shocked and unable to respond at first.

Beirut proposed to Calorona, and she accepted, leading to their wedding in the Dark Forest of the Qingya Plane. Lota sent Morit and Kakqi with a precious gift, while the gathered gods began to suspect the Divine Tomb held powerful hidden experts.

• Beirut embraced Calorona and asked her to marry him, and she accepted tearfully.
• Beirut and Calorona planned a wedding in the Dark Forest, where Calorona established an Ice Goddess Temple and eighteen duchies gathered around it.
• Quinsang learned of the wedding and took Calorona's Water Element Divine Clone to the Qingya Plane, but he was unlikely to arrive in time.
• Lota gave Morit and Kakqi a bottle containing forty drops of the Four Divine Beasts' essence blood to deliver to Beirut as a wedding gift.
• Beirut and Calorona held their wedding before the Qingya Plane's gods, and Morit and Kakqi arrived to congratulate them.
• Butt and Fiana inferred that Morit and Kakqi had come from the Divine Tomb and resolved to explore its deeper levels.

Beirut and Calorona married and received a bottle of Essence Blood from the Dominator, which they believed was an Overgod’s. Three months later, they welcomed Quinsang to Qingya Plane, where a group of gods from the Fire Divine Plane arrived.

• Kakqi gave Beirut and Calorona a wedding gift from the Dominator, and they bowed in thanks before beginning their wedding.
• Beirut discovered that the bottle contained forty drops of golden liquid and suspected it was an Overgod’s Essence Blood.
• Three months later, Beirut and Calorona flew to the Arctic Icefield to welcome Quinsang, who scolded Beirut for marrying without telling him.
• Quinsang asked whether Kakqi and Morit were still in Divine Tomb, and Beirut said that they were.
• A group of gods arrived from the Fire Divine Plane, and one of their High Gods asked the others who they were.

Morit explained that the Dominator had spread word of Sovereign Artifacts in the Divine Tomb to attract powerful explorers, while Beirut was tasked with managing the experts arriving in the Qingya Plane. Ten years later, more experts had gathered at the Arctic Icefield, and the arrival of the nearly invincible Koloide stunned them.

• Bikram identified himself as a Seven-star Fire God, then grew wary when he learned Quinsang was the Prefecture Lord of Red Maple Prefecture and an Overgod's emissary.
• Morit and Kakqi arrived, told Bikram that the Sovereign Artifact was in the Divine Tomb, and took Beirut and their companions to the Dark Forest.
• Morit told Beirut that many Divine Plane experts would arrive and asked him to manage them while Morit and Kakqi guarded the Divine Tomb.
• Kakqi explained that those entering the Divine Tomb could leave only after ten thousand years or by reaching its Eighteenth Layer, and Morit advised Beirut to invoke the Overgod's authority if necessary.
• Ten years later, gathered High Gods watched the Great Earth Divine Plane teleportation array activate, and Koloide's arrival left them shocked.

Koloide investigated the Qingya Plane after hearing that its Divine Tomb held a Sovereign Artifact, and Beirut revealed that an Overgod had built the tomb. When Koloide demanded a way to leave before Beirut’s ten-thousand-year deadline, Beirut challenged him to a fight, then used his God-Devouring Rat Talent Divine Power to knock Koloide unconscious.

• Koloide questioned the gods about the Qingya Plane, learned of Beirut and the Divine Tomb, and spread his Spiritual Sense across the plane.
• Beirut told Koloide that an Overgod had built the Divine Tomb and that its first entrants would have to wait ten thousand years before leaving.
• After learning there was no Plane Guardian available, Koloide challenged Beirut’s restriction, and Beirut announced he would act as the guardian and keep the Teleportation Array closed.
• Beirut offered to let Koloide leave early if he could defeat him, and Koloide flew to the Dark Forest to fight.
• Beirut unleashed his God-Devouring Rat Talent Divine Power, God Eater, and Koloide lost consciousness.

Beirut killed Koloide with his Talent Divine Power, causing his reputation to spread across the Divine Planes. In the Divine Tomb, Lota studied Koloide’s Essence Blood and discovered that the Four Divine Beasts’ Essence Blood could mingle without resisting but still could not fuse.

• Beirut killed Koloide with a single use of his Talent Divine Power, devoured his Divine Spark, and warned the gathered experts not to challenge him.
• Beirut returned to the Dark Forest with Koloide’s corpse, and Lota ordered him to bring it to the Divine Tomb.
• Lota examined Koloide’s Essence Blood alongside other samples and found that it absorbed more Four Divine Beasts’ Essence Blood than the others before scattering.
• Lota tested whether the Four Divine Beasts’ Essence Blood could absorb one another and found that pairs resisted each other while all four could mingle without resistance.
• Lota attempted to fuse the four kinds of Essence Blood together but found that they would not combine into one.

Lota halted his experiment with the Four Divine Beasts' Essence Blood and announced that Divine Tomb held their unrefined Sovereign Sparks, drawing experts and Sovereign Gods toward Qingya Plane. As the scramble began, Mordon prepared to investigate and travel there, but the Earth Overlord arrived to speak with him.

• Lota stopped the Essence Blood fusion and told Ilitana to spread news that Divine Tomb contained the Four Divine Beasts' Sovereign Sparks.
• Uthred questioned Lota's motives but returned to researching the Four Divine Beasts' Talent Divine Power, while Augusta ordered Hanjin to lead family experts to Qingya Plane to seize the Wind and Fire Sovereign Sparks.
• Within ten years, experts from across the Divine Planes and several Sovereign Gods headed to Qingya Plane after hearing the news; Thanatos decided to form a Projection Clone and join the gathering.
• Mordon learned from a family member that the Young Patriarch had confirmed the news, ordered Haze to investigate, and set out for Qingya Plane.
• The Earth Overlord appeared before Mordon and asked whether he had received the news.

The Earth Overlord told Mordon that the Dark Overlord had killed the Four Divine Beast Sovereign Gods and that their remaining Sovereign Sparks were in the Qingya Plane, then asked Mordon to seek the Fire Element Spark if the chance arose. In Tingteyu, Gaia learned of the news and resolved to go to Qingya to reclaim her family’s inheritance, while Reynalds, Moss, and Mold prepared to capture her.

• The Earth Overlord revealed that the Dark Overlord had killed the Four Divine Beast Sovereign Gods, kept their Sovereign Sparks, and spread the news about Qingya, where he was waiting.
• The Earth Overlord told Mordon that the Earth and Water Sovereign Sparks had already been refined, and asked him to try for the Fire Spark if he could not obtain the Wind Spark.
• Gaia cultivated in Tingteyu while trying to protect the diminished Four Divine Beast Family and learn of the Old Ancestors’ Sovereign Sparks in Qingya.
• Gaia told Kesa to entrust the clansmen to him and Blue, then declared that she would go to Qingya even if the journey cost her life.
• In Thundercloud Prefecture, Reynalds and Mold discussed capturing Gaia with Moss, who agreed to use his soul abilities against her.

Reynalds, Mold, and Moss brought thousands of High Gods to the Tingteyu Plane to seize Gaia, only to learn that she had already left for Hell. Blue and Kesa gathered the Four Divine Beast Family to resist them at Tianshen Mountain, where Blue transformed to fight.

• Reynalds, Mold, and Moss traveled toward the Tingteyu Plane with thousands of High Gods, including forty Seven-star Devils, while Moss and Mold discussed the Sovereign Spark news from the Qingya Plane.
• At Iron Knife Gorge, Reynalds showed a Sovereign Token and led his group through the Teleportation Array to the Tingteyu Plane.
• Moss controlled a Four Divine Beast Family clansman at Tianshen Mountain, and Reynalds's forces captured or killed the family members guarding the array.
• Reynalds learned from the controlled clansman, Luge, that Gaia had left the plane for Hell, then ordered his group to capture Blue and Kesa instead.
• Blue and Kesa led the Four Divine Beast Family forces to Tianshen Mountain, where Blue killed Luge and then entered his Dragon Transformation state to confront Reynalds.

Moss, Reynalds, and Mold crushed the Four Divine Beast Family’s resistance on the Tingteyu Plane, capturing Blue and Kesa with Soul Seeds while Gaia escaped to the Qingya Plane and entered the Divine Tomb. The controlled elders revealed Gaia was only a few days ahead of them, as the hunt for the Sovereign Spark and the family’s Grand Elder moved into the tomb.

• Blue attacked Moss after learning Luge had been controlled by a Soul Seed, while Kesa tried to lead the clansmen toward the Teleportation Array.
• Reynalds ordered his forces to guard the Teleportation Array and told Moss and Mold to capture Blue and Kesa alive and learn Gaia’s whereabouts.
• The fighting devastated the Tingteyu Plane, and Kesa realized the family’s clansmen there could not be saved.
• Gaia arrived on the Qingya Plane, encountered De'en, and continued toward the Divine Tomb despite his threat to kill her there.
• Several days later, Moss, Reynalds, and Mold arrived with Blue and Kesa under Soul Seed control, and both reported that Gaia had entered the Divine Tomb.

Moss headed to the Divine Tomb with Mold and Reynalds after gaining control of experts from the Four Divine Beast Family. As six Paragon High Gods advanced to the Seventeenth Layer, Lota prepared to use them for his research, while Morit revealed his hidden power to confront the challengers left behind.

• Moss, Mold, and Reynalds flew toward the Divine Tomb after discussing Gaia and Moss's plans for the captured experts.
• Lota learned that Mordon and the other Paragon High Gods had reached the Sixteenth Layer, then ordered Ilitana to bring four of them to him and have Christine handle the others.
• Morit let the six Paragon High Gods proceed to the Seventeenth Layer and challenged the remaining experts to fight him and Kakqi for passage.
• Morit transformed and revealed his Six Eared Macaque Clan talent, One Duplicate Six, which created five equally strong copies of himself alongside his main body.

Morit and Kakqi fought Hanjin and the other experts on the Divine Tomb’s Sixteenth Layer while the Overgods watched and discussed Lota’s motives. On the Seventeenth Layer, an Overgod allowed Mordon, Bayer, Bamer, and Palhouse to advance to the Eighteenth Layer, leaving Ninisha and Clementing behind.

• Morit split into six, and Ocarowell suggested exiling him because his two Defensive Sovereign Artifacts made him difficult to kill.
• Hanjin charged at Morit and Kakqi, and the other experts followed, starting a fierce battle on the Sixteenth Layer.
• Thanatos and Vivian watched the battle and speculated that Lota might be pursuing a mysterious project rather than simply giving away Sovereign Sparks.
• Mordon called for Christine on the Seventeenth Layer, and she awakened from the black mist.
• An Overgod told Mordon, Bayer, Bamer, and Palhouse they could proceed to the Eighteenth Layer, while Ninisha and Clementing were not included.

Mordon and three other Paragon High Gods entered the Divine Tomb’s Eighteenth Layer seeking Sovereign Sparks, but Lota revealed that two had already been refined and the remaining two could not be refined. He offered them Four Divine Beasts’ Sovereign Essence Blood and ordered them to absorb it, leaving them furious and unwilling as Lota prepared to act himself.

• Mordon and the other three left Christine behind and flew toward the Eighteenth Layer while Christine faced Ninisha and Clementing on the Seventeenth Layer.
• Ninisha and Clementing joined forces against Christine, countered her Darkness Sanction, and clashed with her in close combat.
• Lota welcomed Mordon and the other three, told them that two Sovereign Sparks had been refined and that no one could currently refine the other two, then produced matching drops of Four Divine Beasts’ Essence Blood for them.
• Lota ordered the four Paragons to absorb the Sovereign Essence Blood into their bloodlines and admitted he intended to use them as test subjects.
• Mordon and the other three objected, and Lota calmly said he would do it himself if they refused.

Lota forcibly fused the Four Divine Beasts’ Essence Blood into Mordon, Bayer, Palhouse, and Bamer, transforming them into powerful new bloodline warriors. He told them they could awaken Talent Divine Power through the Talent Awakening Pool, but ordered them to keep their transformations secret while he continued his research.

• Lota restrained Mordon, Bayer, Palhouse, and Bamer and guided the Four Divine Beasts’ Essence Blood into their bodies, successfully transforming them.
• The four Paragons discovered their bodies had become far stronger and taken on forms resembling members of the Four Divine Beast Family.
• Lota explained that they had absorbed the Essence Blood of the Black Tortoise Sovereign, White Tiger Sovereign God, Vermilion Bird Sovereign God, and Azure Dragon Sovereign God, and that they lacked Talent Divine Power until they used the Talent Awakening Pool.
• Bayer asked whether they could awaken Talent Divine Power, and Lota confirmed they could but said arranging it would be troublesome because Uthred had taken the Talent Awakening Pool.
• Mordon and the others asked Lota for guidance, and he told them to adapt to their transformations and avoid revealing them unless necessary.

Lota sent Mordon, Bamer, Bayer, and Palhouse to the Divine Tomb’s Seventeenth Layer while he pursued research into the Four Divine Beasts’ Essence Blood and asked Ilitana to deliver Gaia to Uthred. The four Paragon High Gods drove Clementing and Ninisha into Space Turbulence, then claimed the layer, where Hanjin arrived and cautiously faced Bamer’s Flame Abyss.

• Lota learned that Ilitana could absorb the Four Divine Beasts’ corpses and essence blood, though the process would take at least a hundred million years, and asked her to send Gaia to Uthred.
• Mordon, Bamer, Bayer, and Palhouse joined Christine on the Seventeenth Layer and moved to keep Clementing and Ninisha there for Lota.
• Bamer and the others attacked Clementing and Ninisha, and Bayer exiled Clementing into Space Turbulence before Ninisha followed using her own prepared plan.
• Bamer created a Flame Abyss by the passage to the Sixteenth Layer, while Mordon, Bayer, and Palhouse made lairs suited to their elements.
• Hanjin reached the Seventeenth Layer with three Sovereign Artifacts and cautiously stopped before the Flame Abyss, still intent on seeking a Sovereign Spark.

Hanjin waited on the Seventeenth Layer and learned that Ocarowell had been killed by Kakqi and Qiegewen had been exiled by Morit. Meanwhile, Morit and Kakqi blocked the passage below, and Gaia confronted Moss, Reynalds, and Mold after discovering that Kesa and Blue had been controlled by Soul Seeds.

• Hanjin waited for potential allies on the Seventeenth Layer, where four battered experts arrived after forcing their way past Morit and Kakqi.
• Hanjin learned that Kakqi had killed Ocarowell with a soul attack and that Morit had exiled Qiegewen.
• On the Sixteenth Layer, Morit and Kakqi held off the remaining experts, while Thanatos and Vivian recognized the strength of Morit's formation and weapon before departing.
• On the Thirteenth Layer, Gaia realized that Moss had controlled Kesa and Blue with Soul Seeds, and Kesa pleaded with her to stop resisting.
• Reynalds told Gaia that the Four Divine Beast Family's destruction had been inevitable, and Gaia transformed and challenged Reynalds, Mold, and Moss to kill her themselves.