Chapter Summaries

Odin attacked Yulan City but retreated after the Water Drops wounded him, and the commander’s gamble saved the city. Three months later, Teresia arrived with Saint, learned Odin had fled to Hell, and stayed in the Yulan Plane to investigate its unfamiliar creations.

• Odin attacked the battleship, but its energy shield and the Water Drops resisted his blows.
• The Water Drops charged Odin and pierced his abdomen, prompting him to retreat through the teleportation array as their energy ran out.
• The commander told the adjutant that he had gambled by bluffing about the Water Drops’ strength, while Baruch said he would work for the Federation and seek a place at Yulan headquarters.
• Three months later, Saint and Teresia arrived in the Yulan Plane and questioned the Plane Guardian about Odin’s visit and escape to Hell.
• Saint left for Hell, while Teresia stayed in the plane after noticing its Metal Lifeforms and unusual magic-array-like objects.

Teresia attacked the Federation’s forces and killed Hogg and Baruch, but a spatial teleportation array carried an escape pod and its passengers away. The remaining warship plunged into Spatial Turbulence, leaving Teresia to suspect another Sovereign had secretly created a teleportation array.

• Teresia tore open the Federation warship, questioned its commander, and killed him when he refused to answer.
• Hogg and Baruch tried to board an escape pod after sending Linna and Wharton ahead, but Teresia’s attack killed them and destroyed their Saint Domain True Bodies.
• Linna watched Hogg die as the soldiers ordered the last escape pod to depart.
• A spatial teleportation array made the escape pod and everyone inside vanish, shocking Teresia.
• The remaining warship plunged into Spatial Turbulence to keep its crew from falling into Teresia’s hands.
• Teresia concluded that a secret Sovereign might have created the teleportation array and began to worry about the consequences.

Teresia returned to the Material Plane of Dillon to protect himself and bargain for the secret technology, while Hogg died covering his family’s escape and Linna gave birth to Linley on the Yulan Plane. Eight years later, Linley failed to awaken as a Dragonblood Warrior but tested with superlative level-three earth and wind magic talent, qualifying for Huosi Academy’s Primary Division.

• Teresia sent his Sovereign clone to the Material Plane of Dillon, hoping his retreat would force the unknown Sovereign to negotiate over the technology.
• Hogg died protecting his family during the attack, and Linna went into labor after the survivors reached the Yulan Plane.
• Linna gave birth to a boy, and Hiri named him Linley at Hogg’s request; Wharton welcomed him as his little brother.
• Eight years later, Linley failed to awaken Dragonblood Warrior abilities, and Wharton, Linna, and Hillman comforted him.
• Linna took Linley to the Magic Testing Department, where an examiner found superlative level-three earth and wind talent, intermediate fire talent, and mental strength ten times that of an ordinary person.

Linley began boarding at Huosi Academy, said goodbye to his mother, and met his roommates. Doehring-Kowart noticed the artifact ring Linley wore, while Linley’s roommates invited him out to eat.

• Linna accompanied Linley to enroll at Huosi Academy and said goodbye as he headed to his dormitory.
• Delia noticed Linley’s unusual eyes, while Dixie and Delia met Instructor Amelia at the academy gate.
• Doehring-Kowart checked Linley’s records after detecting the artifact ring on his hand and learned it had been passed down through his family.
• Linley met his roommates Yale, George, and Reynolds, and they introduced themselves.
• Yale invited Linley and the others to a restaurant with a show, leaving George, Reynolds, and Linley confused by his comments.

Yale took Linley, Reynolds, and George to Xinrongji, where Linley and George later helped Delia fend off a group of drunken students. After Delia and Linley spent the evening talking, George suggested she was interested in Linley, who remained bewildered.

• Yale teased Linley and Reynolds about their innocence, then brought them to Xinrongji after they refused to visit the restaurant he had recommended.
• Yale and Reynolds drank until they were drunk, so Linley arranged for them to be taken to rooms upstairs with help from George.
• Linley and George saw several drunken students harassing Delia, and Linley restrained one while George scared the others off by claiming they were students of Instructor Doering.
• Delia introduced herself to Linley and George, then chatted mostly with Linley until nightfall.
• George told Linley that Delia seemed interested in him, but Linley insisted they had only met that day.

Beirut and Nisi successfully created a living God-Eater Rat, whom Nisi named Beibei. After Beirut failed to repeat the experiment, Linley sensed a fleeting feeling of kinship from the biological laboratory.

• Beirut and Nisi watched the 107,325th experiment to clone a super divine beast, and the data suddenly turned green.
• A living God-Eater Rat was born in the culture dish, and Beirut confirmed that the experiment had succeeded.
• Nisi fed the newborn, named him Beibei, and cradled him while Beirut joked that she might marry him when he grew up.
• Beibei refused to be held by Beirut and fell asleep in Nisi's arms.
• Beirut's further experiments failed, while Linley sensed a momentary feeling of kinship from the laboratory.

Beibei grew bored of the Dark Forest and followed the scent of Linley and Delia’s grilled meat, beginning a friendship with them. When Linley and Delia prepared to leave for field training, Beibei bit Linley and formed a magical contract with him.

• Beibei decided to sneak out of the Dark Forest and followed the smell of Linley and Delia’s grilled meat.
• Beibei stole Linley’s food, then accepted more meat and let Linley stroke him.
• Linley considered taming Beibei but wanted an equal contract rather than using one of his soul’s limited contracts.
• Linley and Delia visited Beibei every three days for a month, bringing him grilled meat.
• Linley and Delia told Beibei they were leaving for field training, and Beibei bit Linley, triggering a magic formation that connected their souls.

Linley formed an equal contract with Beibei, unaware that the Shadow Mouse was Beirut’s grandson and had a potentially fatal hidden ailment. Beirut found Beibei and discovered that the contract had cured him, then took Linley and the others to his laboratory to investigate.

• Beibei chose Linley and formed an equal contract with him, then eagerly left with Linley for food.
• Beirut and Nisi went to visit Beibei and discovered he had disappeared from the Forest of Darkness.
• Beirut sensed Beibei with Linley, learned they had formed a contract, and confronted them.
• Nisi noticed Beibei’s hidden ailment had vanished, and Beirut suspected the equal contract was responsible.
• Beirut took Linley, Beibei, and Nisi to his laboratory, examined them, and confirmed that Linley’s contract had cured Beibei.

Beirut explained that Linley and Beibei had become a shared life entity, curing Beibei’s hidden ailment and forcing Beirut to protect Linley. Elsewhere, Huosi used a fruit inspired by the Netherworld Fruit to trigger a Planar Edict, transforming his divine spark and allowing him to cultivate the Laws normally.

• Beirut told Linley, Beibei, and Nisi that Linley and Beibei lived and died together, which had cured Beibei’s hidden ailment.
• Beirut accepted that he had to protect Linley, and Linley left with Beibei and Nisi.
• Huosi emerged from seclusion and showed Bayer a crystalline fruit he had created using the Netherworld Fruit as inspiration.
• Huosi swallowed the fruit, triggering a Planar Edict that transformed his divine spark into one compatible with his soul.
• Huosi realized that the Laws that had hindered his cultivation had finally loosened, allowing him to continue cultivating normally.

Huosi explained how he made his divine spark compatible with his soul, then revealed that he had become an Earth Sovereign by refining Xuanwu’s Sovereign Spark. He admitted he possessed three Sovereign Sparks but could not let Bayer refine one yet, since he had taken them from the Chief Sovereign of Light.

• Huosi told Bayer that he had independently broken through to become a Highgod after making his divine spark compatible with his soul.
• Huosi explained that he had altered his divine spark so the laws of the world would recognize it as a Midgod spark and elevate it.
• Huosi showed Bayer a crystal, refined Xuanwu’s Earth Sovereign Spark, and became the Earth Lowgod Sovereign.
• Huosi confirmed that he possessed three Sovereign Sparks, including the White Tiger’s Wind Sovereign Spark, and Bayer offered to serve him in exchange for one.
• Huosi told Bayer he could not let him refine a Sovereign Spark yet and explained that he had seized the sparks from the Chief Sovereign of Light.

Huosi reassured Bayer that he could wait for the Sovereigns’ power to change before refining the Sovereign Spark, then used Sovereign’s Might to resume developing the Gamma Ray Burst. Meanwhile, the Earth Sovereign discovered Bowen’s death and gathered the Sovereigns, who confirmed that all four Divine Beast Sovereigns had fallen.

• Bayer realized that refining the Sovereign Spark would expose him to the Chief Sovereign of Light, and Huosi told him not to rush.
• Huosi entered the chaotic spatial currents and poured Sovereign’s Might into his System Space to work on the Gamma Ray Burst.
• The Earth Sovereign detected a new master on Xuanwu Continent and confirmed that Bowen’s soul tablet had shattered.
• The Earth Sovereign summoned the Sovereigns to discuss Bowen’s death and its consequences.
• Diya, the Sovereigns of Water and Fire, and the others investigated and confirmed that Reding, Lius, and Nimo had also fallen.

After Oufu explained that an unknown person had used a teleportation array to steal the Four Divine Beasts’ corpses and Sovereign Sparks, the Sovereigns investigated the array but found no leads. News of the Four Divine Beasts Sovereigns’ deaths spread, and Reinass declared war on the clan.

• Augusta admitted to killing the Four Divine Beasts, and Oufu explained that he had none of their essence blood because an unknown person had taken their corpses and the Sovereign Sparks.
• Oufu brought Utrede, the Death Sovereign, the Life Sovereign Vivia, and Augusta to the Icarus Plane to inspect the strange teleportation array.
• Utrede asked Augusta not to kill the array’s creator if they found him, and the Sovereigns sealed off the plane to investigate.
• The Sovereigns’ news spread, and Reinass learned that the Four Divine Beasts Sovereigns had fallen.
• Reinass summoned his elders and declared that the Reinass Clan would wage war on the Four Divine Beasts Clan.

After the Four Divine Beasts Clan's Chief Sovereigns were reported dead, their enemies launched coordinated attacks across the divine planes. Gaiselesen ordered the clan to retreat to the Skyrite Mountains, leaving their ability to survive uncertain.

• Reinass ordered the Reinass Clan to attack the Four Divine Beasts Clan, and Barbary vowed to avenge Sean with the Augusta Clan.
• Gaiselesen learned that the Ashcroft Clan had attacked the clan's Underworld residence, while Gaia reported an attack by the Edric Clan in the Life Divine Plane.
• The Vermilion Bird Patriarch, White Tiger Patriarch, and Xuanwu Patriarch reported attacks by the Bolin, Sennar, and Wenna Clans, and more news revealed that the Four Divine Beasts Clan was under siege across multiple planes.
• Gaiselesen and the other Patriarchs tried to contact their Chief Sovereigns, but none responded, confirming their deaths.
• Gaiselesen ordered the clan members to avoid fighting and retreat to the Skyrite Mountains, while Gaia went to deliver the order.

As the fallen Four Divine Beasts Clan faced attacks across Hell, Utrede asked Dunnington to preserve the clan, hoping to honor his friendship with its former leaders. Dunnington agreed partly because he hoped the crisis would draw Huosi out, while Blue Star City learned of the clan’s plight.

• Mosi ordered Miluo Island’s residents to keep a low profile, and the Bauhinia Sovereign brought Raystine back to the Bauhinia Mountains to keep him safe.
• Utrede decided that the Four Divine Beasts Clan must not be wiped out and asked Dunnington to protect its members.
• Dunnington agreed to help and hoped Huosi would appear so he could finally meet and spar with him.
• Pusiluo celebrated the Four Divine Beasts Clan’s troubles, while Adkins reminded him that Blue Star City had already prevailed in their past conflict.

The Eight Great Clans completed their encirclement of the Skyrite Mountains and prepared to destroy the Four Divine Beasts Clan. Just as the decisive battle began, Dunnington appeared as the new Prefect of Bluefire Prefecture and forbade the Eight Great Clans from entering the mountains.

• Thirty years later, Gaia reported that the Four Divine Beasts Clan’s last returning clansmen had reached the Skyrite Mountains, and Gaiselesen ordered everyone to prepare for battle.
• At their encampment, Barbary, Reinass, Wenna, and Edric agreed to launch a decisive battle against the Four Divine Beasts Clan the next day.
• The eight Asuras and their forces confronted Gaiselesen, the other four Asuras, and the elders outside the Skyrite Mountains.
• Dunnington appeared between the two sides and revealed that he was the new Prefect of Bluefire Prefecture.
• Dunnington forbade the Eight Great Clans from entering the Skyrite Mountains.

Dunnington stopped the Eight Great Clans from entering the Skyrite Mountains, but they began provoking the Four Divine Beasts Clan from outside. Gaiselesen struggled to keep his clansmen from fighting as Bru questioned whether hiding in the mountains offered them any future.

• Dunnington ordered the Eight Great Clans not to enter the Skyrite Mountains, and they reluctantly obeyed.
• After Dunnington left, the Eight Great Clans set up a platform to insult and provoke the Four Divine Beasts Clan.
• The next day, enraged clan members charged out to fight, and Gaiselesen and the elders tried to stop them.
• Bru urged Gaiselesen to consider what enduring would achieve, pointing out that the clan might remain trapped in the mountains indefinitely.
• Gaiselesen reflected that he feared the clan's destruction more than his own death and continued trying to preserve it through endurance.

The Eight Great Clans grew frustrated when the Four Divine Beasts Clan refused to emerge, and Reinass proposed seeking help from Huosi of Blue Star City. Several years later, Reinass arrived at Blue Star City to visit Adkins, leaving his purpose uncertain.

• The Eight Great Clans discussed the Four Divine Beasts Clan's refusal to answer their insults, and Barbary said the Augusta Clan would not intervene.
• Reinass suggested seeking help from Huosi, a Paragon who held a grudge against the Four Divine Beasts Clan, and the others agreed that he should visit Blue Star City.
• Several years later, Reinass arrived at Blue Star City's administrative building to visit Adkins.
• Pusiluo wondered whether Reinass had come to ask them to help besiege the Four Divine Beasts Clan.

Reinass told Adkins and Pusiluo that Dunnington had blocked the Eight Great Clans from attacking the Four Divine Beasts Clan, then suggested Dunnington might be trying to provoke Huosi into a challenge. Adkins decided to report the matter to Huosi, while Reinass left to rejoin the siege.

• Adkins brought Pusiluo to meet Reinass, who explained that Dunnington had stopped the Eight Great Clans from entering the Skyrite Mountains.
• Adkins and Pusiluo were shocked to learn that Dunnington had become the Prefect of Bluefire Prefecture.
• Reinass guessed that Dunnington was trying to lure Huosi out and challenge him.
• Adkins said he would report Reinass's theory to Huosi, and Reinass left to return to the siege.

Huosi concluded that Dunnington wanted to spar with him and sent Bayer to meet the Paragon at the Skyrite Mountains. Bayer arrived instead of Huosi, leaving Dunnington and the gathered clans wondering why he had come.

• Bayer told Huosi that Dunnington sought a genuine fight rather than empty fame, and Adkins learned that Huosi had become a Chief Sovereign.
• Huosi agreed to let Bayer go to the Skyrite Mountains in his place, keeping his own identity concealed.
• Twenty years later, Bayer called for Dunnington above the Skyrite Mountains, prompting both the Four Divine Beasts Clan and the Eight Great Clans to prepare for Huosi's arrival.
• Gaiselesen sent Jia Wei, Solhaus, and other elders away with portions of the clan before leading his relatives out to face the visitor.
• Gaiselesen and Reinass's companions recognized Bayer, and Dunnington appeared to greet him and ask why he had come.

Bayer arrived at the Four Divine Beasts Clan at Huosi’s request and fought Dunnington, revealing that Huosi had strengthened his body. Dunnington abandoned his defense of the clan and considered seeking Huosi’s help to grow stronger.

• Bayer told Dunnington that Huosi had sent him to settle the matter of the Four Divine Beasts Clan.
• Bayer and Dunnington flew into the sky and fought, with Dunnington’s soul attack failing to harm Bayer.
• Bayer struck Dunnington with enhanced physical strength and explained that Huosi had modified his body.
• Dunnington realized Huosi had enabled Bayer’s newfound strength and asked Bayer to raise the possibility of helping him.
• Dunnington set aside his thoughts about Huosi and returned with Bayer to face the gathered clans.