Chapter Summaries

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.

Hodan refused to join Reisgyn and Linley’s group, then spent five hundred years following Linley while searching for the Crown of Wutie. When Bayer targeted Bebe after Bebe killed one of Ocarowell’s Commanders, Hodan watched from a distance, confident Bebe was protected.

• Hodan stood unharmed after blocking Benfield, Sini, and Natte, and Reisgyn’s arrival gave the trio a chance to withdraw.
• Reisgyn invited Hodan to join his squad, but Hodan declined and told Linley he would meet him again during the final battle.
• Hodan spent five hundred years trailing Linley’s group and searching for the Crown of Wutie, gaining only six more golden badges.
• Bebe killed one of Ocarowell’s Commanders, drawing Bayer’s attention and prompting Bayer to seek revenge against Bebe.
• Hodan chose not to intervene as Bayer approached Bebe, since Reisgyn and Qinghuo were nearby and Bebe could withstand Bayer’s attack.

Hodan seized the Crown of Wutie during the battle and rescued Linley and Bebe from Uman. He left Uman defeated and carried him to the surface, where Reisgyn’s side gained a powerful ally.

• Montero and six allies attacked Reisgyn’s group, while Uman drove Linley and Bebe into a desperate fight.
• A spatial rift opened, and Hodan snatched the Crown of Wutie before confronting Uman.
• Hodan struck Uman down and took him away without killing him, then led Linley and the others back to the surface.
• Reisgyn’s group saw Hodan carrying Uman, and Reisgyn realized Linley and the others had Hodan’s protection.

Hodan drove Montero and his companions away after secretly instructing Montero to pass a warning to Hankin, hoping to prevent the events that would lead to Linley’s soul mutation. He accepted Destruction Sovereign Power from Reisgyn, offered to help him in future trouble, and left tokens with Linley and Reisgyn before departing.

• Hodan asked Montero whether Hankin planned to attend the Plane War, then privately told him to warn the Radiant Overlord that the dark side would win.
• Montero understood the warning involved a Chief Sovereign, bowed, and fled with his group after Hodan dismissed them.
• Linley and the others thanked Hodan for saving them, and Hodan cautioned Linley to become stronger and more careful.
• Hodan demanded payment from Reisgyn, who gave him ten jugs of Destruction Sovereign Power and invited him to become his mother's emissary.
• Hodan said he was already the Sovereign of Death's emissary but offered to help Reisgyn in the future, then gave tokens to Linley and Reisgyn before leaving.

Hodan used the Crown of Wutie to perceive the veins of life and cultivate until his Life God Clone became a High God, gaining another portion of Willpower for his clones. A new revelation let him temporarily stack Willpower between his true body and rule clones, leading him to conclude that cultivation could reach Sovereign-level strength.

• Hodan tested the Crown of Wutie and discovered that it healed his body and let his Life God Clone see the veins of life.
• Hodan cultivated with the crown for ten years, then had his Life God Clone undergo the natural-law transformation into a High God.
• Hodan received another portion of Willpower for his true body and rule clones, and learned that their Willpower could be invoked across them once.
• Hodan tested his enhanced power in the Spatial Turbulence and concluded that he had reached at least the strength of a lower Sovereign.
• Hodan recalled the Life Supreme God's words about the Supreme God Sword and concluded that the Sovereign realm could be reached through cultivation.

Hodan reasoned that Sovereign Sparks restricted their wielders from using the full power of their authority, while his own cultivated strength was more freely accessible. He tested his ability to enter a Material Plane, considered his options against Beirut, and returned to the Plane Battlefield with plans to strengthen his clones and artifacts.

• Hodan recalled how Sovereign Sparks contained most of a Sovereign’s Willpower and concluded that they granted limited authority rather than fully usable power.
• Hodan entered an unknown Material Plane and confirmed that he could enter freely without causing it to collapse, even at Sovereign-level strength.
• Hodan decided not to confront Beirut because he was unsure of his own limits, feared punishment for a plane’s destruction, and could use his power only twice.
• Hodan returned to the Plane Battlefield and continued nourishing his Zhengdu Blade, armor, and soul-defense artifact with Willpower and Sovereign Power.
• Hodan noted that his rule clones had all reached the Highgod realm and expected to strengthen their divine bodies to Sovereign Artifact level before the Plane War ended.

Hodan intervened when Magnus pursued Linley to avenge Ramson, shielding Linley from Magnus’s attack and confronting him. Magnus then attacked Hodan directly and, shocked by Hodan’s strength, unleashed a soul attack.

• Hodan sensed that his token had been crushed and discovered Magnus was chasing Linley to avenge Ramson.
• Reisgyn crushed his token, allowing Hodan to contact Linley and direct him toward safety.
• Magnus refused Qinghuo’s request to spare Linley and launched a powerful attack at him.
• Hodan overtook Linley and blocked Magnus’s attack, then told Magnus to abandon the matter.
• Magnus attacked Hodan, but Hodan caught his Sovereign Artifact-clad claw barehanded.
• Magnus transformed into a radiant form and began unleashing a soul attack against Hodan.

Hodan defeated Magnus's soul attack and exiled him into the Spatial Turbulence, then offered Linley and Reisgyn badges before taking them to the Darkness camp to await the final battle. Qinghuo departed on his own, while Hodan's gifts left Linley and Reisgyn with enough badges to exchange for Sovereign Artifacts.

• Magnus launched a massive soul attack at Hodan, but Hodan shattered it with a soul saber and injured Magnus when he tried to dodge.
• Magnus threatened Linley and attempted to flee, but Qinghuo blocked him while Hodan kicked him into a spatial rift and exiled him into the Spatial Turbulence.
• Hodan wiped out Magnus's six accompanying Commanders, including Uman and Chegwin, and took their military merit.
• Hodan invited Linley and the others to the Darkness camp to await the final battle; Qinghuo left to watch the battle elsewhere.
• Linley said he had four Commander Badges and Reisgyn said he had two, so Hodan gave each of them three more badges.

Hodan secretly entered the Spatial Turbulence and killed Magnus's Paragon clone to protect Linley and his family from future threats. Magnus realized his clone had died and told Oufu, who took him to investigate the scene.

• Hodan gave Linley a badge, then separated his Destruction God Clone from the group and disguised himself in the Spatial Turbulence.
• Hodan found Magnus near the Plane Battlefield and killed his Paragon clone with a single slash.
• Magnus lost contact with his Paragon clone and realized he had lost his Paragon status and much of his power.
• Magnus told Oufu what had happened, and Oufu brought him to the clone's last known location to investigate.
• Hodan left the scene and returned to the Plane Battlefield.

Hodan obtained the Nine Soul Pearls and Supreme God Identification Plate from Molder in Tianshan Prefecture. Meanwhile, Oufu found Magnus dead and took the powerless emissary under his protection, unaware that Hodan was the unfamiliar Sovereign he was investigating.

• Hodan's Destruction clone returned to the Plane Battlefield after killing Magnus, and Oufu arrived to find Magnus's divine spark split in two by an unknown Sovereign.
• Oufu recognized an unfamiliar trace of Sovereign's Might, wondered who had killed Magnus, and offered Magnus shelter and a choice about how to rebuild his strength.
• Hodan located Molder in Tianshan Prefecture and appeared in his secret chamber disguised with the appearance and soul aura he had used to kill Magnus.
• Hodan crushed Molder's Space Ring and found the Nine Soul Pearls and Supreme God Identification Plate among its contents.
• Hodan stored the tokens and considered how to handle Molder without letting his other clones spread news of the encounter.

Hodan forced Molder to swear a Supreme Oath to keep the Supreme God mission secret, then returned to the Dark camp and prepared the Commanders for the final battle. As the Star River passageways blazed with seven-colored light, the long-awaited battle began.

• Hodan threatened Molder until he swore a Supreme Oath never to leak news of the Supreme God mission, then left Tianshan Prefecture.
• Hodan returned to the Dark camp headquarters, where he spoke with Commanders who sought his favor.
• At the Commanders' final gathering, Hodan said Bayer would probably not fight and volunteered to attack one passageway while the others handled the other.
• The Dark Commanders welcomed Hodan's confidence, while the Radiant camp feared facing them without Magnus and with Bayer unwilling to participate.
• The Star River passageways erupted in seven-colored light, and Hodan announced that the final battle had begun.