Chapter Summaries

Huosi gained Sovereign Will with Bayer’s help and set out to secure the Death Sovereign’s protection before dealing with the Four Divine Beasts Clan. He reached Netherworld Mountain and checked into the Netherworld Hotel to wait for a safer chance to enter.

• The Four Divine Beasts Patriarchs and Gaiselesen decided to go to Blue Star City after hearing about Huosi’s apparent strength.
• Huosi celebrated gaining willpower, which let him stand on equal footing with a Paragon despite his incomplete laws.
• Adkins told Huosi that the Four Divine Beasts Clan was causing trouble, and Huosi ordered his followers to avoid a conflict while he handled it.
• Huosi told Bayer he planned to visit Netherworld Mountain, and Bayer inferred that Huosi wanted the Death Sovereign’s protection before killing members of the clan.
• Huosi traveled to the Underworld, where Kevin warned him not to force his way through the Chains of Heaven and Earth and led him to the Netherworld Hotel.
• Huosi booked a seven-day stay at the Netherworld Hotel and paid seventy thousand inkstones.

Huosi entered Netherworld Mountain seeking the Netherworld Fruit and quickly reached it despite the mountain’s hazards. A serpent spirit blocked him on orders from the Chief Sovereign, insisting the fruit could not be claimed until the other contenders arrived.

• Huosi stopped a purple-haired man from attacking the people inside Netherworld Hotel, and the red-haired innkeeper bound him with her fishing rod and dragged him into the lake.
• The red-haired innkeeper recognized Huosi as the Prefect-level Lord of Blue Star City and wondered why he had come to Netherworld Mountain.
• Seven days later, Huosi entered the mountain ahead of the other contenders and crushed the green snakes and slaughtering corpses in his path.
• Huosi found the Netherworld Fruit growing in a tree and encountered a green serpent spirit hiding among its branches.
• The serpent spirit wrapped the fruit in branches and told Huosi he had to wait for the others, following the Chief Sovereign’s order to prevent him from taking it alone.

Huosi revealed his Paragon strength while claiming the Netherworld Fruit, prompting the Netherworld Chief Sovereign to summon him to meet Death Sovereign. He met Death Sovereign, whom he already knew as the boss of the Netherworld Hotel, and she asked why he had come to see her.

• Huosi waited for the other challengers to arrive, then used Will Power to seize the Netherworld Fruit after it flew away from him.
• The Netherworld Chief Sovereign appeared, recognized Huosi as a Paragon, and ordered Tina to escort him to the Chief God's palace.
• Tina led Huosi to Arthurs, who brought him into the great hall to meet Death Sovereign.
• Huosi feigned surprise when he recognized Death Sovereign as the Netherworld Hotel's boss, and she asked whether he had come to become her envoy.

Huosi became the Death Sovereign’s envoy and returned to Blue Star City with her protection and a soul-defense Sovereign Artifact. When the Four Divine Beasts Clan arrived to destroy the city, Huosi killed one of their elders and challenged all seven Asuras to fight him together.

• Huosi asked the Death Sovereign to make him her envoy so he could confront the Four Divine Beasts Clan without fearing their Sovereigns, and she granted him a soul-defense Sovereign Artifact and a parchment to summon her.
• The Four Divine Beasts Clan sent seven Asuras, twenty Seven-Star Fiend elders, and three Chief God's Envoys toward Blue Star City while Huosi returned to his subordinates.
• Huosi reassured Leilin, Pusiluo, and Adkins that the Four Divine Beasts Sovereigns could not interfere, and five years later the Four Divine Beasts Clan reached Blue Star City.
• Huosi appeared when a Seven-Star Fiend attacked the city and killed him, then Gaiselesen ordered five of the seven Asuras to attack Huosi.
• Huosi challenged all seven Asuras to come at him together.

Huosi revealed Paragon-level strength as he slaughtered the Four Divine Beasts Clan members responsible for the attack on Blue Star City. When the Azure Dragon Sovereign Reding intervened to spare Fu'erhan, Huosi refused and summoned a parchment of his own, leaving Reding unable to finish his response.

• Huosi killed Walker and Karim in single blows, then brushed off Gaiselesen and Gaia's Dragon Roar and defeated their group despite their Sovereign's Might.
• Huosi killed most of the gathered Seven-Star Fiends and pursued the survivors, leaving only Fu'erhan and Emmanuel alive.
• Fu'erhan and Emmanuel begged Gaia for help, and Gaia summoned her father, the Azure Dragon Sovereign Reding.
• Reding acknowledged the clan's fault but ordered Huosi to end the matter and spare Fu'erhan; Huosi refused, insisting that Fu'erhan and Emmanuel must die.
• Huosi took out a sheet of parchment, stopping Reding before he could finish speaking.

Huosi summoned the Death Sovereign to stop the Four Divine Beasts Clan from targeting him, and she forced Reding to back down. With the threat resolved and his status as a Paragon revealed, Huosi returned to Blue Star City, where his companions expected a period of peace.

• Huosi summoned the Death Sovereign, who declared him her emissary and challenged Reding and the other Four Divine Beasts Sovereigns for seeking to kill him.
• Reding killed Fu'erhan and Emmanuel, then agreed to end the confrontation and withdrew with Gaiselesen and the others.
• The Destruction Sovereign Utrede appeared, recognized Huosi as a Paragon, and invited him to visit Wu Kun City to meet Dunnington.
• The Death Sovereign and Utrede departed, and Huosi told Leilin and his companions that the Four Divine Beasts Clan would no longer trouble them.
• Huosi and his companions returned to Blue Star City, expecting the city to enjoy a period of stability.

News of Huosi’s victory over the Four Divine Beasts Clan spread across the Divine Planes, making him famous as a Paragon backed by the Death Sovereign. The clan mourned its losses, while Gaiselesen began to question its past conduct before dismissing his fears.

• The scryer recording of Blue Star City’s battle spread, revealing that Huosi had defeated the Four Divine Beasts Clan and survived the Sovereigns’ arrival.
• Mosi watched the recording and was relieved that he had previously apologized to Huosi after their conflict on Miluo Island.
• Raystine regretted missing the battle, praised Huosi’s rise to Paragon, and considered using their friendship to deter Montero.
• Prequeil recognized Huosi as the Paragon who had defeated him before and resolved to avoid causing trouble.
• Barbary celebrated Huosi’s victory over the clan that had ruined his family, then broke down crying.
• Gaia grieved for her dead son and grandson while Gaiselesen reflected on the clan’s history of bullying others, but he pushed aside his fears about its future.

The Four Divine Beasts Sovereigns entered the spatial turbulence to search for an Overgod token, where Augusta encountered them and forced a battle. Reding and the others kept near the Material Planes as Augusta pursued them, each side waiting for an opening.

• Gaiselesen went to comfort his clan members after the Four Divine Beasts Sovereigns withdrew their avatars.
• Reding led Nemo, Bowen, and Lius into the spatial turbulence to search for the Overgod token after they discussed their plan to kill the Water Sovereign.
• Augusta learned that Thanatos had protected Huosi, then entered the spatial turbulence to search for Chelwin.
• Augusta encountered Reding and the other three Sovereigns, taunted them, and drew the Supreme God Sword of Fate.
• Reding and the others transformed into their true forms and retreated around the Material Planes while Augusta pursued them, planning to withstand their combined soul attack with his soul-defense Supreme Artifact.

Huosi and the Federation seized the Four Divine Beasts Sovereigns’ corpses and Sovereign Sparks after Augusta killed them, using a hidden teleportation array to escape. Augusta and Oufu discovered the array, leaving Oufu fascinated by the possibility that living beings could create teleportation magic arrays.

• Huosi ordered the Federation to prepare for an opportunity as satellites detected the Sovereigns fighting in spatial turbulence.
• Augusta survived the Four Divine Beasts’ soul attack with Oufu’s soul-defense Supreme Artifact, then killed Moni, Bowen, and Reding.
• Before dying, Reding secretly threw his interspatial ring and cracked Azure Dragon Ring into a Material Plane.
• A Metal Lifeform distracted Augusta, allowing Huosi’s forces to teleport away the Four Divine Beasts’ corpses and Sovereign Sparks from the Icarus Plane.
• Augusta searched nearby Material Planes and contacted Oufu, who became excited after seeing the teleportation array in Augusta’s memories.

Oufu investigated the strange teleportation formation left in the Icarus Plane, while Molder found Reding’s Supreme God mission token and was killed before he could reveal it. Huosi and Beirut eliminated all of Molder’s clones to keep the discovery secret.

• Oufu abandoned Augusta’s investigation into Reding’s death to study the shattered teleportation formation and considered using it to perfect Transcendence of Reincarnation.
• Molder returned to the Silan Plane and found a spatial ring containing a Supreme God mission token, which offered a request to the Supreme God of Life.
• Huosi killed Molder’s clone after realizing the ring held the Supreme God Token and Nine Spirit Pearls, then ordered Beirut to eliminate Molder’s other clones.
• Molder realized a Sovereign might be targeting him and rushed to report the discovery to the Blood Peak Sovereign.
• Beirut blocked Molder and killed him with the power of a God-Eater Rat, completing Huosi’s order to kill all of Molder’s clones.

Huosi began researching the Four Divine Beasts' bloodline after their deaths, while a damaged Sovereign Artifact carrying Azure Dragon blood essence reached the Yulan Plane. Baruch absorbed its power, became the Dragonblood War God, and founded the Baruch Empire.

• Huosi stored the Four Divine Beasts Sovereigns' corpses and Sovereign Sparks and prepared to extract their essence blood for Federation research.
• A ring drifted into the Yulan Plane and struck Baruch as he fled from Eliya, binding itself to him and revealing that it was a damaged soul-defense Sovereign Artifact.
• The ring's cyan water drop empowered Baruch, allowing him to kill Eliya with a single punch.
• The Azure Dragon Sovereign's blood essence entered Baruch and transformed him into a powerful dragonman, though he learned to control the transformation.
• Baruch became the continent's strongest divine-level expert, traveled for several years, and founded the Baruch Empire, earning the title Dragonblood War God.

A thousand years after Baruch became the continent’s strongest being, his son Hogg was born and grew into a powerful Dragonblood Warrior. By 1130, Baruch’s repeated attempts to make Hogg marry had sparked another fight, leaving Hogg away from home and Baruch still hoping for grandchildren.

• Baruch anxiously waited while Fanny gave birth, then named their son Hogg Baruch.
• Hogg drew attention from the continent’s factions, and at eight he became the second Dragonblood Warrior after mastering the Dragonblood Secret Manual.
• At seventeen, Hogg reached seventh rank and gained ninth-rank strength through dragon transformation, while Baruch studied the bloodline and hoped to build a family of Dragonblood Warriors.
• Hogg remained unmarried past the age of one hundred, despite Baruch repeatedly urging him to marry.
• After Baruch struck him during an argument, Hogg flipped a table, left home for two years, and returned at his mother’s request.
• Baruch raised marriage again after Hogg’s return, and Hogg stormed out after another fight while Hiri comforted Baruch and reminded him that Hogg wanted to wait for someone he loved.

Hogg traveled to the Holy Union and, after meeting Linna in Wushan Township, felt an unexpected attraction to her. Meanwhile, King Clade ordered Linna and her township eliminated because of her unusually pure soul, leaving Hogg unaware of the danger surrounding the girl he had just met.

• Hogg left Dragonblood Castle for the Holy Union, hoping to stay away from his father Baruch's marriage requests.
• In Wushan Township, Linna received an acceptance notice from Ernst Institute after displaying strong light-element magical talent, and the town celebrated.
• Paderson told King Clade that Linna's soul was exceptionally pure, and Clade ordered Wushan Township attacked and Linna declared dead.
• Hogg arrived in Wushan Township, accepted Koni's hospitality, and helped the drunken lord back to his room after the banquet.
• Linna took Koni from Hogg, and Hogg felt his heart race as he realized he had fallen for her.

Hogg sensed an attack on Wushan Township and warned Linna, helping the townspeople prepare for the intruders. He defeated the attackers and captured their leader, while keeping his Saint Realm strength secret from Linna and the others.

• Hogg sensed a group of seventh- and eighth-level warriors approaching Wushan Township and woke Linna to warn her.
• Linna gathered Koni, Hillman, and the local warriors, who prepared for the attack.
• The men in black revealed themselves, and their leader ordered them to kill everyone after their surprise raid was discovered.
• Hogg swiftly killed the attackers and captured their eighth-rank leader, leaving him for Koni to question.
• Koni thanked Hogg, and Hogg let Linna believe he might be a ninth-rank warrior without revealing that he was a Saint Realm expert.

After learning that the Light Church wanted Linna for her pure soul, Koni and Hillman prepared to face certain death in Wushan Township. Hogg summoned his father for help, then revealed himself as a Saint Realm expert when Wusenno arrived to take Linna.

• Koni learned that Duke Paderson had ordered Linna seized for King Clade and decided to stay with her rather than flee.
• Koni told Hillman to evacuate Wushan Township, but Hillman refused because the Light Church would silence them both.
• Hogg asked Hei Lu to summon his father to Wushan Township, claiming that his future daughter-in-law had been bullied by the Light Church.
• Clade told Wusenno that the men sent after Linna had disappeared, and Wusenno flew to Wushan Township suspecting the Dark Church was involved.
• Wusenno appeared above Linna's room as Koni embraced Linna, and Hogg promised to protect her before rising to confront him.
• Hillman realized Hogg was a Saint Realm expert as Hogg and Wusenno faced off above Wushan Township.

Hogg revealed his identity as a prince of the Baruch Empire while fighting Wusenno, who apologized after recognizing him. Baruch arrived, welcomed Linna as a possible member of the family, and turned his attention to Wusenno.

• Wusenno attacked Hogg with his Shadow Clone Technique, but Hogg transformed into a Dragonblood Warrior and healed his wounds.
• Wusenno recognized Hogg as a prince of the Baruch Empire and apologized after Hogg said he had informed his father.
• Hogg realized his clothes had been torn away in the fight and dressed himself while Linna and Koni awkwardly tried to speak with him.
• Baruch appeared, warmly asked Linna her name, gave her a spatial ring, and joked with Hogg about finally finding someone.
• Hogg reminded Baruch that Wusenno's matter remained unresolved, and Wusenno knelt to pay his respects to the Dragonblood War God.

Baruch rescued Linna from Wusenno, and she later married Hogg and had a son named Wharton. Centuries later, the Interstellar Federation conquered the Yulan Plane, and the chapter ended with Hogg and Linna expecting another child, whom they planned to name Sally or Linley.

• Baruch took Wusenno to the Holy City, where the Light Church executed him and publicly apologized.
• Baruch brought Wushan Township's residents to the Baruch Empire, and Linna later married Hogg and gave birth to Wharton.
• The Interstellar Federation descended on the Yulan Plane and brought the Chaotic Territory under its rule.
• The Federation defeated O'Brien, prompting the O'Brien Empire and then the Baruch Empire to submit.
• Hogg and Linna prepared for another child, choosing Sally for a girl and Linley for a boy.

Odin became the Lord of Reka City and went looking for someone to torment, then encountered Anita in the Spirit Sea Mountains. After learning that she was a Six-Star Fiend, he tried to discover more about her while hiding his predatory intentions.

• Odin recalled how he had tortured people in the Material Plane, resumed his cruelty after growing powerful in the Underworld, and killed the former Lord of Reka City when he challenged him.
• Odin went out to find a target and spotted Anita enjoying the flowers in the Spirit Sea Mountains.
• Odin introduced himself as the Lord of Reka City and cautiously approached Anita, considering whether she might be too powerful or well connected to target.
• Odin pretended to share Anita's interest in flowers and asked her name and background.
• Anita told Odin that she was a Six-Star Fiend of Fiend Castle who lived in Star Radiance Castle, while concealing that she was Saint's wife.

Odin attacked Anita, not realizing she was the wife of Saint, Prefect of North Skeleton Prefecture, and fled after learning her identity. Saint resolved to hunt him down, while Leia—actually Teresia—offered to join the pursuit for his own amusement.

• Odin struck Anita and killed her maidservants while attempting to seize her soul.
• Anita revealed that she was Saint’s wife and warned Odin that her divine avatar had notified him.
• Odin decided not to kill Anita and fled to avoid provoking Saint into pursuing him relentlessly.
• Anita’s avatar reassured Saint that Odin had left, and Saint vowed to kill him.
• Leia offered to accompany Saint to retrieve Anita’s divine clone and pursue Odin.
• Leia was revealed to be Teresia, whose divine clone had become involved because he was bored.

Odin returned to a Material Plane to escape the Prefect, but he spotted the Federation’s Metal Lifeforms and attacked them. The Water Drop Squad blocked his strike, leaving Odin surprised by their strength.

• Teresia sent a Divine Clone out to roam the planes as a Paragon, enjoying the admiration he had missed after becoming a Sovereign.
• Baruch learned that the Federation headquarters was on Yulan Plane as Federation officials welcomed the Expeditionary Army commander.
• Odin arrived on a Material Plane and ordered its Plane Guardian to prepare a teleportation array to Hell, hoping to make it harder for the Prefect to track him.
• Odin spotted the Federation’s Metal Lifeforms, abandoned the array, and flew toward them.
• The commander ordered the formations to fall back and avoid fighting, but Odin attacked the largest Metal Lifeform and ten Water Drops blocked his strike.
• Odin struck a Water Drop with his divine artifact and was surprised by how tough it was.