Recaps

Hodan taught the family’s chosen experts Thunder Element and Fate Rule cultivation using his Thunder Tree and personal insights. He left his divine body in the secret chamber to guide them while guarding the Thunder Tree’s secret, and their strength began to grow.

• The experts and Elder Muli swore the Supreme Oath, and Hodan protected the secret chamber with layers of formations.
• Hodan summoned the Thunder Tree and used its fused Mysteries to teach the experts how to cultivate and combine Thunder Element Mysteries.
• Hodan gave Elder Muli two Sovereign Artifacts and Sovereign's Might, urging him to cultivate and grow strong enough to protect himself.
• Hodan taught the experts his understanding of the Fate Rule while keeping his method of observing people whose Fate was Undetermined secret.
• The experts eagerly studied Hodan’s teachings, but most chose to reach Highgod before attempting to fuse Mysteries so they could protect themselves.

Hodan traveled from Hell to the Netherworld seeking a Nether Fruit to improve his Life Law. While studying the Netherworld’s undead, he uncovered why they could not become Paragons and reached the opportunity to advance his Death Rule.

• Hodan left his family behind in the Tianji Mountain Range and traveled toward the Netherworld, focusing on comprehending the Death Rule while his Fate God Clone upgraded its divine body.
• Hodan paid the teleportation fee at Tiedao Cliff and arrived at Undead Sacred Mountain in the Netherworld.
• Hodan flew across the Undead Realm and observed souls transforming into undead through the influence of death energy.
• Hodan discovered that undead had to become deities to leave the Undead Realm, and that their tangled souls prevented them from becoming Paragons.
• Hodan understood part of the Death Rule’s secrets and grasped the opportunity to advance his Death Rule again.

Hodan’s Death Rule reached the Highgod level, and he left his Death and Life God Clones in the Undead Realm before continuing toward Youming Mountain. After a ten-year journey, he arrived at the mountain and examined its three-colored mists and countless lightning chains, planning to greet the Sovereign of Death before seeking the Nether Fruit.

• Hodan’s Death Rule reached the Highgod level, making his Death God Clone strong enough to rival a Seven-Star Fiend.
• Hodan opened a cave near where undead formed frequently and left his Death and Life God Clones there to study death and new life.
• Hodan traveled toward Youming Mountain with his true body and Destruction God Clone in a Metal Lifeform while his Death God Clone began experimenting with deathly energy.
• After ten years, Hodan spotted Youming Mountain and reached it in less than ten minutes.
• Hodan observed the mountain’s white, gray, and violet mists and its countless lightning chains, then decided to visit the Sovereign of Death before climbing for the Nether Fruit.

Hodan visited the Sovereign of Death’s water divine clone at the Nether Hotel and confirmed he wanted Nether Fruit so he could become her Chief Sovereign’s Messenger. He then flew toward Youming Mountain, intending to test its lightning barrier as onlookers doubted he would survive.

• Hodan greeted the red-haired girl fishing beside the Nether Hotel and told her he had come to Youming Mountain seeking Nether Fruit.
• The red-haired girl realized Hodan intended to become the Sovereign of Death’s Chief Sovereign’s Messenger and decided not to alert her other self yet.
• Hodan left the hotel and flew toward Youming Mountain instead of waiting for the full moon.
• At the mountain’s northern gate, Hodan ignored warnings about the deadly lightning barrier and approached it while onlookers watched.

Hodan entered Youming Mountain and reached the purple mist region, where he found and obtained a Nether Fruit. The Nether Fruit Trees disappeared before he could take another, and he continued onward, coming upon the enormous true body of the Nether Fruit Tree.

• Hodan passed through Youming Mountain’s lightning chains unharmed because his Destruction Giant bloodline absorbed the lightning, and he entered the mountain while concealing his Destruction strength.
• Hodan crossed the gray mist region without getting trapped in its illusions and reached the purple mist region.
• Hodan found a Nether Fruit Tree, picked one Nether Fruit, and stored it in his Space Ring.
• The scattered Nether Fruit Trees sank underground before Hodan could pick a second fruit, so he continued onward in search of another.
• Hodan encountered the colossal true body of the Nether Fruit Tree, whose branches had appeared as the smaller trees.

Hodan watched Linley and Bebe battle the Sheling siblings near the Nether Fruit Tree, then intervened when the tree attacked them. He caught a root that would have seriously injured Bebe.

• Hodan noticed dozens of Nether Fruits above the tree and discovered that nine Sheling siblings were pursuing Linley.
• Linley trapped many of the green snakes inside his Blackstone Prison, and Hodan considered adapting the technique into a Thunder Prison.
• The Golden Serpent and Silver Nine-Headed Serpent joined the battle, and their attacks threatened Linley and Bebe.
• Linley and Bebe used Dragon Roar and God Devour, but the Nether Fruit Tree's roots intercepted both innate divine abilities.
• The Nether Fruit Tree lashed a root at Bebe, and Hodan caught it before it could hit him.

Linley and Bebe survived the Golden Serpent and Inawei’s attempt to avenge Tina when Hodan intervened and the Life Sovereign spared them. Linley continued toward the Sovereign of Death to seek help, reaching her palace with Hodan and meeting Asers and Bolelei before Inawei and her family arrived to threaten them again.

• Hodan stopped the Golden Serpent and Inawei from killing Linley and Bebe, and the Life Sovereign ruled that Tina’s death did not warrant their deaths.
• Linley asked the Life Sovereign for help, learned he could not grant the request, and received directions to the Sovereign of Death.
• Bebe warned Linley about the Death Sovereign, but Hodan offered to escort them to her palace, and the Life Sovereign opened a path through the Purple Mist.
• Hodan, Linley, and Bebe crossed the mist and reached the palace, where they encountered Asers and Bolelei.
• Inawei, the Golden Serpent, and the Nine Green Serpents appeared, and Inawei threatened that Linley and Bebe would still die.

Hodan defended Linley and his companions from Inawei, then entered the Sovereign of Death’s palace and agreed to become her emissary. After learning the Sovereign’s name was Gloria, he asked her for several Nether Fruits, leaving her puzzled because he had already picked one.

• Hodan rebuked Inawei for wanting the Sovereign of Death to kill her opponents and declared that he would protect Linley and the others.
• Hodan called for an audience with the Sovereign of Death, and Asers led Linley, Bebe, and the others into the palace.
• Inawei complained about Linley and his companions, but Gloria neither rewarded nor punished anyone and then summoned Hodan inside.
• Hodan told Gloria that he was ready to become her Chief Sovereign’s emissary, and she joyfully accepted him as her first Paragon emissary.
• Hodan asked Gloria for a few Nether Fruits, and she questioned why he needed more after already picking one.

Hodan became the Sovereign of Death’s emissary and received Nether Fruits and a Soul Defense Sovereign Artifact. He then asked the Sovereign to give Linley a chance to save his family, and she offered him a path through the Plane War while warning him how formidable its Commanders were.

• Hodan asked for Nether Fruits for himself and his family, and the Sovereign of Death granted him three in total, limiting him to using two himself.
• Hodan chose a Soul Defense Sovereign Artifact, became the Sovereign of Death’s fifth emissary, and received a bracelet that also served as a Space Ring.
• The Sovereign of Death gave Hodan Sovereign’s Might, a parchment that could summon her, and a token bearing her mark.
• Hodan asked the Sovereign of Death to change Linley’s situation, and she explained that Linley could restore the memories of loved ones by killing enemy Commanders in the Plane War.
• Linley eagerly agreed to fight, but the Sovereign of Death warned him that the Commanders ranged from his own level to Paragon High-Gods.

Linley learned that he could save his family only by earning rewards through killing powerful enemies, but Hodan arranged for him to enter the Plane Battlefield and pursue another path to power. After leaving Youming Mountain, Linley received advice to challenge the Redrock Overlord before venturing into the battlefield.

• The Sovereign of Death offered to save one of Linley's people for each Commander he killed, and Hodan proposed that Linley enter the Plane Battlefield instead.
• The Sovereign of Death accepted Hodan's proposal, gave him a Nether Fruit and a guide to entering the Plane Battlefield, then left Youming Mountain.
• Hodan told Linley that he was helping him to build a connection and asked him not to target the Eight Great Clans if he became powerful.
• Hodan advised Linley to challenge the Redrock Overlord to become a Lord, warning that the Plane Battlefield was too dangerous without Commander-level strength.
• Hodan departed for the Undead Realm while Linley and Bebe remained with the guidebook and his advice.

Hodan followed Linley in hopes of finding the Crown of Wutie, then consumed Nether Fruits and used their insights to advance his Life Law. After becoming a Mid-God, he gained another portion of Willpower and discovered that his strength had increased far beyond what he expected.

• Hodan returned to the Undead Realm and increased the deathly energy around his residence, briefly raising the strength of newly born undead.
• Hodan's Death Clone and Life God Clone ate Nether Fruits, which made the Mysteries of the laws easier for them to perceive and greatly improved his Life Law talent.
• Hodan left for Flamebone Territory aboard a Metal Lifeform, cultivating the Life Law as he traveled toward Linley.
• After fifty years of cultivation, Hodan's Life God Clone became a Mid-God, granting his clones and true body another portion of Willpower.
• Hodan found that his strength and divine sense had grown far more than tenfold and believed another portion of Willpower could bring his Paragon clone close to a lower Chief Sovereign.

Hodan traveled to Moxing Territory to take Kro’s Commander position so he could enter the Plane Battlefield. After defeating Kro with a single finger and claiming the territory’s token, Hodan headed toward Flamebone Mountain, while Kro realized he had faced the newly emerged Paragon Hodan.

• Hodan remembered that he needed a Prefect or Commander’s status to enter the Plane Battlefield and chose to challenge Kro, the Lord of Moxing Territory.
• Hodan arrived at Kro’s estate and demanded that Kro give up his lordship.
• Kro attacked Hodan with a spear, but Hodan shattered its tip with one finger and sent Kro crashing into the estate.
• Kro emerged wounded and surrendered the Moxing Territory token, which Hodan claimed by dripping his blood onto it.
• Hodan left for Flamebone Mountain, and Kro recognized him as the dual-element Paragon whose reputation had spread across the planes.

Hodan entered the Plane Battlefield as a Commander and searched for Linley, using his exceptional Willpower to monitor the entire battlefield. After an elf attacked him and failed to escape, Hodan appeared behind him as the elf launched a desperate counterattack.

• Hodan presented his Commander token at Flamebone Mountain and received a blood-red badge from Gaolun.
• Hodan entered the Plane Battlefield and learned that Linley had not arrived, then left the Dark Divine Realm camp to search for him.
• Hodan discovered that his Sovereign's Might could cover the entire battlefield and reasoned that he could watch Linley's movements from anywhere.
• An Elven Race expert ambushed Hodan with an arrow, but it shattered against his body and its soul attack did him no harm.
• Hodan appeared behind the fleeing elf, who drew a dagger and attacked him with the Life Sovereign's Might.

Hodan killed an elf Commander who had tried to ambush him, then crushed the elf’s Space Ring to retrieve its contents despite the elf’s surviving divine clone. After waiting for others drawn by the battle, Hodan faced Hermes, whom he recognized as a powerful Earth-law expert.

• Hodan killed the elf expert before the elf’s dagger could harm him and took his golden Commander Badge.
• Hodan found that the elf’s surviving divine clone prevented him from opening the Space Ring, so he crushed it and retrieved its contents from Spatial Turbulence.
• Hodan collected another golden badge and more than ten drops of Life Sovereign’s Might from the ring’s contents.
• Hodan stayed behind, expecting other Commanders to investigate the battle’s disturbance.
• Hermes arrived, mistook Hodan for an enemy, and attacked; Hodan recognized him by his Earth-law attack and strength.

Hodan fought Hermes on the Plane Battlefield and defeated him by using Willpower to restrain him before landing a devastating punch. He spared Hermes, who resumed his journey toward the Dark Divine Plane camp, while Hodan headed for the Star River to cross into the Light Divine Plane camp's territory.

• Hermes retreated from a spatial rift after his punch clashed with Hodan's, then arrogantly demanded to know Hodan's name.
• Hodan used his Willpower to slow and crush Hermes before breaking his arm and striking a large hole in his chest.
• Hermes realized Hodan was the Paragon Hodan, accepted his defeat, and told Hodan to kill him or do as he wished.
• Hodan spared Hermes, saying he hoped Hermes would someday become a Paragon and that killing him would be a waste.
• Hermes continued toward the Dark Divine Plane camp and promised to return to seek Hodan's guidance if he became a Paragon.
• Hodan headed for the Star River, preparing to cross into the Light Divine Plane camp's territory.

Hodan crossed the Star River into the Light faction’s territory, defeated a force of soldiers, and killed their Commander before leaving. News of a Dark faction Paragon’s arrival spread across the Plane Battlefield as Hodan prepared to meet Magnus and send his Death Clone to seek battles.

• Hodan crossed the Star River despite the Light faction soldiers’ attacks and knocked most of them unconscious with a soul attack.
• Hodan killed the Commander, took his Godhead and badge, and found that the Commander’s Soul Defense Sovereign Artifact could be reclaimed by its Sovereign.
• A burly black-haired man, an elf, and Lia inspected the battlefield, recognized that a Paragon had attacked, and decided to avoid him.
• Commanders across the Plane Battlefield confirmed that a Dark faction Paragon had crossed into Light faction territory.
• Hodan planned for his Destruction and Life God Clones and disguised true body to visit Magnus, while his Death Clone sought battles to strengthen the Death Rule.

Hodan sent his Death God Clone into the Plane Battlefield to face real danger while his other selves headed toward the Radiant faction’s headquarters. There, he encountered a hidden Darkness Laws expert and entered a deadly fight that ended with a dagger aimed at the back of his head.

• Hodan left the Death God Clone with defensive artifacts and Death Sovereign’s Might, then traveled toward the Radiant faction’s headquarters with his true body and other clones.
• Hodan appeared under his original Blue Star soul aura and hunted for a Commander to challenge, but repeatedly found and destroyed Death God puppets instead.
• A Darkness Laws assassin ambushed Hodan, and their first clash revealed that the enemy wielded a Sovereign Artifact.
• Hodan used Death Sovereign’s Might to track the retreating assassin and destroyed the surrounding forest to deny him shadows to escape through.
• The assassin used Darkness Sovereign’s Might to create a domain and attacked Hodan from behind with a dagger aimed at his head.

Hodan killed Samson in a deadly fight by using a Highgod Godhead to block the dagger strike, then escaped before other commanders arrived. Hidden in a cave, he examined his spoils and reflected on the battle, recognizing that his Death Clone’s limited comprehension of the rules remained a weakness.

• Hodan blocked the black figure’s dagger with a Highgod Godhead, then severed him with Zhengdu and battered his soul with the Death Rule.
• Hodan finished off the black figure, took his Godhead, badge, and dagger, and fled as commanders approached.
• A green-robed figure inspected the battlefield and identified signs of the Darkness Laws and Death Rule, while the arriving commanders grew wary of the unknown fighter.
• Hodan hid in a cave and reflected on surviving his first evenly matched commander fight, then successfully bound the fallen enemy’s Space Ring.
• Hodan inventoried the spoils, kept the Sovereign Artifact dagger, and reviewed his combat strengths and his Death Clone’s weak rule comprehension.

Hodan waited in the Plane Battlefield, using the calm and his earlier battle to deepen his understanding of the Death Rule, then found and fought Wolis George. Wolis George gained the upper hand, leaving Hodan injured but more determined to keep battling and improve.

• Hodan restored himself, cultivated the Death Rule, and sent out Deathgod puppets to scout the area.
• Hodan sensed an enemy Commander nearby and flew from his cave to confront him.
• Hodan recognized the lightning cultivator as Wolis George, Parris's Prefect of the Lightning Divine Plane, and met his lightning arrow with a powerful saber strike.
• Hodan attacked Wolis George with Death Ripples, but Wolis George's refined lightning defense repelled or weakened his blows.
• Wolis George struck Hodan with a strange energy and reappeared several meters away, leaving Hodan bleeding and at a disadvantage.
• Hodan resolved to continue fighting in the Plane Battlefield to advance through life-and-death battles.

Hodan gained a breakthrough in his understanding of the Death Rule after battling Wolis George, then spent several months cultivating in a hidden cave. With his strength now at the peak of the Asura level and a new lightning technique developed by his Destruction clone, Hodan planned to gather his clones and visit Magnus at the Light faction’s main camp.

• Hodan gained fresh insight into the Death Rule during his clash with Wolis George and decided to retreat rather than continue fighting.
• Hodan threw his Sovereign Artifact dagger, empowered by Sovereign's Might, to make Wolis George dodge, then escaped as nearby commanders speculated about his identity.
• Hodan returned to a concealed cave and cultivated for several months while Death Elemental Power gathered around him.
• Hodan absorbed the surrounding Death Elemental Power and emerged with strength equivalent to fusing six Mysteries, reaching the peak of the Asura level.
• Hodan's Destruction clone developed a versatile Destructive Demon Thunder Body based on Wolis George's techniques, and Hodan planned to gather his clones and visit Magnus at the Light faction's main camp.

Hodan merged his Death clone into his main body and entered the Plane Battlefield, where he monitored Linley and Bebe while seeking the Crown of Wutie and trying to prevent Linley’s soul mutation. He confronted Qinghuo, learned that Qinghuo was protecting Linley and Bebe, and promised not to harm them unless they attacked his family.

• Hodan merged his Death clone into his main body and began monitoring the Plane Battlefield for Linley and the Crown of Wutie.
• Hodan spotted Linley and Bebe hunting a commander and noticed Qinghuo secretly following them to protect them.
• Hodan attacked Qinghuo to test his strength, but Qinghuo blocked his blows and sent him flying with a counterattack.
• Qinghuo recognized Hodan by his soul aura, and Hodan stopped fighting and explained that he had only wanted to exchange a few moves.
• Hodan and Qinghuo discussed Qinghuo’s Sovereign status and his reasons for protecting Linley and Bebe.
• Hodan assured Qinghuo that he would not harm the two gods unless they attacked his family.

Hodan, now a dual-element Paragon, confronted Reisgyn in the Plane Battlefield to avenge the Destruction Giant and humiliate Zijing Chief Sovereign’s family. He moved to attack Reisgyn’s companion Lei Hong, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Hodan secretly followed Linley while battling Commanders, earning eight golden badges and the nickname Death Walker.
• Hodan recognized Reisgyn and Lei Hong in the Plane Battlefield and decided to take revenge on Zijing Chief Sovereign’s family.
• Hodan demanded Sovereign’s Might from Reisgyn, who refused and challenged him to take it.
• Hodan moved too quickly for Reisgyn and Lei Hong to react, ignored Reisgyn’s Amethyst Space, and reached Lei Hong.
• Hodan slashed at Lei Hong’s neck with his hand as a blade.

Hodan attacked Reisgyn and Lei Hong, but Lei Hong’s Earth Sovereign body survived a blow that destroyed his head. Reisgyn delayed Hodan with his Amethyst Barrier and warned that his mother, the Zijing Chief Sovereign, had been alerted, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Hodan struck Lei Hong, who transformed into an Earth Sovereign and regenerated after his head was destroyed; Hodan realized Lei Hong’s heart core was his vital point.
• Reisgyn and Lei Hong tried to flee toward the Star River, but Hodan pursued them with the Zhengdu Blade and caught Reisgyn’s thrown Sovereign Artifact lance.
• Reisgyn urged Lei Hong to escape while he held Hodan back, but Hodan’s lightning and spatial attacks wounded them and severed Reisgyn’s right leg.
• Reisgyn used his Amethyst Barrier to trap Hodan temporarily, giving Lei Hong time to flee toward the Star River.
• After the barrier dissipated, Reisgyn told Hodan that his divine clone had alerted his mother and that she had sent help.

Hodan forced Reisgyn to swear a Supreme Oath, took the contents of his Space Ring, and later headed toward Linley after sensing that Linley’s wind divine clone had become a Highgod. He intercepted Linley and Bebe as they fled Benfield and his siblings, and Benfield demanded that Hodan move aside.

• Hodan severed Reisgyn’s hand, took his Space Ring, and threatened to drag him around the Plane Battlefield unless he swore not to attack members of the Eight Great Clans.
• Reisgyn swore a Supreme Oath, and Hodan took the ring, left the sovereign artifact knight’s lance behind, and departed.
• Hodan found over a hundred flasks of Sovereign’s Might and many other treasures in Reisgyn’s ring, then returned to wandering the Plane Battlefield as Death Walker.
• When the Laws of the World descended, Hodan recognized that Linley’s wind-element divine clone had become a Highgod and hurried toward him, hoping to fight Benfield and his siblings.
• Hodan mentally directed Linley and Bebe toward him, then offered them protection when they arrived.
• Benfield caught up with Sini and Natte and ordered Hodan to move aside so he could take Linley and Bebe.

Hodan confronted Benfield and his two companions to protect Linley and Bebe, then fought the trio when they refused to back down. Their combined attack blasted Hodan away and tore open the Plane Battlefield, leaving both sides retreating from the planar rift.

• Hodan told Benfield he was taking Linley and Bebe under his protection, and Benfield recognized him as the Death Walker.
• Hodan attacked Benfield with a divine artifact saber after Benfield threatened him, and he revealed that his Soul Defense Sovereign Artifact nullified Benfield's soul attack.
• Benfield caught Hodan's saber with his Material Defense Sovereign Artifact while Sini and Natte launched attacks with their true form and Sovereign's Might.
• Hodan used Sovereign's Might to counter all three attacks, but the collision blasted him away and tore a huge hole in space.
• Hodan pulled his saber free and escaped the planar rift's reach as Benfield's trio retreated from it.