Chapter Summaries

Zhao Nan rewarded his allies with Godheads and artifacts, then returned to the Micro-plane to share Tarosha’s Sea Swallowing talent. Combining it with Heaven Swallowing created a stable inner space that could trap and crush beings with insufficient physical and soul defenses.

• Zhao Nan urged those who wanted to oppose outsiders to join Linley’s campaigns, and Dylan, Cesar, O’Brien, and Catherine decided to help expand the Ultimate Empire.
• Zhao Nan returned to the Ultimate Empire, left a Fate Clone to manage affairs, and handed out Godheads and Highgod Artifacts to his disciples and allies.
• O’Brien vowed to remain Zhao Nan’s follower even after Zhao Nan offered him the freedom to leave once the Yulan Continent’s affairs were settled.
• Zhao Nan warned everyone about the Highgods and near-Paragons in the Yulan Continent, then began studying the Laws of Fate and sharing Tarosha’s Sea Swallowing talent.
• As Zhao Nan’s Consciousness Sea space cracked and destabilized, he swallowed Godheads of all seven elements to repair and stabilize it.
• Zhao Nan discovered that Heaven Swallowing and Sea Swallowing had fused into an independent space where time stood still and intruders could be crushed if their body and soul defenses were weak.

Zhao Nan tested ways to strengthen the fragile space in his Consciousness Sea, then helped unify the Yulan Continent under the Ultimate Empire and his faith. When Linley and the others prepared to leave for a higher-level plane, Zhao Nan told the Ultimate Warriors about the Awakening Pool in the Infernal Realm.

• Zhao Nan found that the space in his Consciousness Sea could hold only a Midgod, and that bringing the Laws of Time into it made it tremble.
• Zhao Nan fed the space seven elemental Lowgod godheads, which turned into Chaos Energy and slightly thickened its walls, but attempts to temper his body with godhead essence produced no qualitative change.
• Zhao Nan turned to deducing the Laws of Earth with his Earth Element clone while Linley and the others continued expanding the Ultimate Empire; after five years, the Yulan Continent had one nation and one faith.
• Zhao Nan incorporated a third profundity of the Earth Movement Technique into the Labyrinth World and began working Vitality into it.
• Linley and the others told Zhao Nan they had to leave for a higher-level plane, and Zhao Nan advised Linley, Ace, Stone Drum, and Barker to seek out the four Divine Beast clans' Awakening Pool in Bluefire Prefecture.

Zhao Nan sent Linley and the others to train together in the Infernal Realm, then visited Beirut to ask for Four Divine Beasts Essence Blood for his disciples. He revealed that he could see scenes of the future and deduced Beirut had obtained the Four Divine Beasts’ Sovereign Sparks, leaving Beirut curious about how Zhao Nan had worked it out.

• Zhao Nan instructed Linley and the others to travel and train together in the Infernal Realm, and told O'Brien and Catherine to go with them.
• Zhao Nan considered how to improve his disciples’ Four Divine Beasts bloodlines and decided to ask Beirut for Essence Blood.
• Zhao Nan’s Earth Element clone visited Beirut in the Forest of Darkness and asked him to look after Linley and the others in the Infernal Realm.
• Zhao Nan explained that his four Laws had formed a Law of Time, allowing him to see scenes of the future, including Beirut as the Bluefire Prefecture Lord.
• Zhao Nan asked Beirut for Four Divine Beasts Essence Blood and deduced that Beirut had obtained the ancestors’ Sovereign Sparks.
• Beirut asked how Zhao Nan had figured out he was a Sovereign, and Zhao Nan began explaining that Beirut’s protection of the Four Divine Beasts Clans seemed unusual.

Zhao Nan received Sovereign's Might and the Four Divine Beasts' essence blood from Beirut, then distributed them among his disciples. He escorted Linley and the others from the Yulan Continent and told Huo Dan he had no current plans to visit the other planes.

• Zhao Nan deduced that Beirut possessed the Four Divine Beasts' Sovereign Sparks, and Beirut confirmed it and offered him the Fire, Water, and Earth Sparks if he met his requirements.
• Zhao Nan promised to help Beirut kill the Chief Sovereign of Light, received Sovereign's Might and the Four Divine Beasts' essence blood, and asked Beirut about fusing Vitality with other profound mysteries.
• Beirut praised Zhao Nan's cultivation progress, while his children questioned whether Beirut should trust him or consider Bluefire, Linley, and Olivier instead.
• Zhao Nan gave his disciples Sovereign's Might, distributed essence blood to Linley, Ace, Stone Drum, and Gates, and gave his other disciples Inkstones and Zhan Stones.
• After half a month, Zhao Nan led Linley and the others to the Arctic Icecap and watched them leave the Yulan Continent through the Teleportation Array.
• Huo Dan asked whether Zhao Nan planned to visit the other planes, and Zhao Nan said he had no plans to go for now.

After telling Beirut that his Laws of Earth were nearing the Paragon realm, Zhao Nan learned how Paragons and Sovereigns gained their overwhelming strength and resumed trying to complete his fusion of profound mysteries. He traveled to Tongluo Mountain seeking Bluefire and met him, leaving their conversation poised to begin.

• Zhao Nan visited Beirut and asked him to explain Paragons, learning about Willpower and Beirut's plan to help him gather Sovereign Sparks and grow stronger.
• Zhao Nan returned to the Micro-plane and spent years trying to fuse the Mysteries of Strength into his Labyrinth World, but he failed.
• Zhao Nan traveled to Tongluo Mountain after hearing about its lord and sensed that Bluefire's understanding of the Laws of Earth could help him break through.
• Burgess welcomed Zhao Nan into Bluefire's estate, where Zhao Nan met Bluefire and asked what he should call him.

After Bluefire’s insight helped Zhao Nan become an Earth Element Paragon, Zhao Nan declined Beirut’s Sovereign Spark and considered how Sovereignhood restricted the advancement of other clones. He left Beirut with a request for Godheads and soul-replenishing treasures as he prepared to cultivate more clones.

• Bluefire told Zhao Nan that the Mysteries of Strength could be both heavier than a mountain and lighter than a hair, prompting Zhao Nan to complete his Earth Laws and become a Paragon.
• Beirut learned from Bluefire that Zhao Nan had likely gained Paragon Willpower, then revealed Zhao Nan also possessed four Law-based High-God Clones, the Laws of Time, and an all-attribute constitution.
• Zhao Nan thanked Bluefire but asked Beirut to keep the Earth-element Low-level Sovereign Spark, sensing that refining it would prevent his other Sovereign clones from reaching Paragon.
• Beirut and Bluefire explained that Sovereigns’ other clones and even the Overgods could not reach Paragon unless those clones had done so before Sovereignhood.
• Zhao Nan said he would focus on creating Divine Clones, dismissed speculation that someone controlled the universe, and asked Beirut for Godheads of every element and rank plus Soul Golden Pearls or Amethysts.

After reaching Paragon in Fate, Zhao Nan touched the Laws of the World and created five new divine clones, suffering severe soul damage in the process. As he recovered, he discovered that his Consciousness Sea had changed into a space surrounded by his edict clones and containing his elemental-law clones.

• Beirut gave Zhao Nan Space Rings containing Godheads, Soul Golden Pearls, and Amethysts, then recounted Linley and the others’ journey through the Infernal Realm.
• Zhao Nan entered enlightenment, and his Fate Clone’s aura forced Beirut, Bluefire, and Bluefire’s brothers to leave Tongluo Mountain.
• After five years, the Laws of the World descended, and Zhao Nan’s Fate Clone reached Paragon.
• Zhao Nan sent his soul power into the Laws of the World, gained insights, and chose External Godhood for five detected laws, creating five divine clones as he endured intense pain.
• Zhao Nan recovered by consuming Soul Golden Pearls and refining Amethysts, then found his Consciousness Sea rearranged around a space containing his elemental-law clones.

After reaching Fate Grand Perfection, Zhao Nan discovered that his Consciousness Sea had expanded and begun absorbing Godhead energy while his clones cultivated inside it. He considered seeking a Thunder Element clone through the Spatial Turbulence, but remained unsure why the world seemed to suppress his progress.

• Zhao Nan inspected his expanded Consciousness Sea and status, then told Beirut and Bluefire that he had gained a second share of Willpower and used five additional clones.
• Beirut gave Zhao Nan a Space Ring and left, while Bluefire said Zhao Nan could leave his residence safely.
• Zhao Nan followed his Wind Element clone's suggestion and fed Godhead energy into his Consciousness Sea, then began fusing the God-Eater Rat's talent into the space.
• The space absorbed the God-Eater Rat's talent and began corroding Godheads, allowing Zhao Nan's five Law clones to cultivate while cracks in the space slowly healed.
• Zhao Nan considered creating a Thunder Element clone but suspected his Willpower or Hongmeng's attention might prevent it, so he contemplated searching the Spatial Turbulence for a way to obtain one.

Zhao Nan entered the Spatial Turbulence to reach the Infernal Realm while avoiding the Chief Sovereign of Light’s watch. After surveying several planes and learning how extensively the Radiant Church controlled them, he reached Hell and arrived at Jingyue Cliff, where he planned to learn the route and seek a potential disciple.

• Zhao Nan sent his Life Clone to protect the Yulan Continent, then entered the Spatial Turbulence using his Earth Grand Perfection Clone.
• Zhao Nan visited the God-Forsaken Continent, learned that an angel of the Lord of Light had repeatedly slaughtered its people, and gave Sadiyat a Godhead before leaving.
• Zhao Nan entered the Saint Continent and discovered that its churches controlled the regions and its Teleportation Array, then returned to the Spatial Turbulence.
• Zhao Nan passed through dozens of planes, avoided those ruled by the Radiant Church, and entered a plane governed by the Darkness Church.
• Zhao Nan used its Teleportation Array to travel to Hell and arrived at Jingyue Cliff, where he considered finding the man who struck at lightning and making him his disciple.

Zhao Nan searched the Infernal Realm for talented disciples and eventually found Clade, an Earth Dragon whose Evolution Talent required Sovereign's Might. After making Clade his disciple and sharing the talent, Zhao Nan discovered it could evolve anything in principle and used it to strengthen his body.

• Zhao Nan earned a Fiend Badge, then spent fifty years traveling the Infernal Realm, killing bandits and searching for disciples while his clones advanced their Law comprehension.
• In a desert, Zhao Nan caught Clade, who explained that Earth Dragons could evolve their Azure Dragon bloodline only by using Sovereign's Might.
• Zhao Nan offered Clade the choice of becoming his disciple or being killed, and Clade immediately accepted.
• Aboard his Metal Lifeform, Zhao Nan shared Clade's Evolution Talent and learned it used Sovereign's Might as its source of evolution.
• Zhao Nan used the talent to temper his body, increasing its strength by roughly thirty percent.

Zhao Nan waited in the Infernal Realm for Linley and the others to emerge from the Amethyst Mountains, then followed their Metal Lifeform into the Starry Fog Sea to find a potential disciple. When the sea turned violent, Zhao Nan entered the lightning storm with Clade and watched a man cultivate the Lightning Law, intending to approach him after he finished.

• Zhao Nan learned that Clade was the last member of the Earth Dragon clan and taught him Zhan Tiangang and the Visualization Technique.
• Zhao Nan spent five years reaching the Amethyst Mountains, then waited there for five hundred years until Linley and the others emerged.
• Zhao Nan followed Linley and the others into the Starry Fog Sea, and Clade awakened a Water Element talent after Zhao Nan improved his bloodline with Sovereign's Might.
• Clade warned Zhao Nan that the Starry Fog Sea was turning violent, but Zhao Nan flew their protected Metal Lifeform into the storm to wait for a powerful man.
• Zhao Nan and Clade watched the man endure the lightning as he cultivated the Lightning Law, and Zhao Nan decided to approach him when he was done.

After the Starry Fog Sea’s lightning dissipated, Zhao Nan forced Luo Miu to become his disciple and used the Fate Cage to train both him and Clade. He shared the attributes of his disciples, greatly increased his clones’ strength, then sent Luo Miu and Clade to eliminate a nearby bandit stronghold.

• Zhao Nan threatened Clade with five hours a day in the Fate Cage, then approached the lightning-struck Luo Miu and offered to take him as a disciple.
• When Luo Miu refused, Zhao Nan beat him for five hours until he called him teacher, then sent him into the Fate Cage for a day; Zhao Nan also trapped Clade there.
• Zhao Nan shared Luo Miu’s Lightning Law talent and cultivation, then checked his disciples’ progress and shared attributes from all of them, strengthening his elemental clones.
• After releasing Clade and Luo Miu and helping repair their souls with Soul Golden Pearls, Zhao Nan ordered them to wipe out a nearby bandit stronghold within five days.
• Zhao Nan gave Luo Miu the Visualization Technique and Zhan Tiangang, and Luo Miu began considering how to approach the bandits without rushing in blindly.

Luo Miu and Clade lured Blade Island’s bandits into repeated attacks, and Luo Miu slaughtered hundreds at a time before returning to confront the island’s chiefs. The chapter leaves Luo Miu facing Akts and Blade Island’s gathered forces, with both sides preparing for a fight.

• Luo Miu and Clade investigated the bandits and learned they were based on Blade Island.
• Disguised as merchants, Luo Miu and Clade used their Metal Lifeform as bait, and Luo Miu killed the bandits who attacked them while letting one survivor flee for reinforcements.
• Zhao Nan followed the survivor, collected the corpses, and kept watch as the bandits sent three hundred men, whom Luo Miu later killed.
• Luo Miu attacked Blade Island and lured its bandits into chasing him, then used his speed and the Zhan Tiangang technique to kill 821 pursuers in seconds.
• After repeating the ambushes, Luo Miu returned to Blade Island and faced its chiefs, including Akts, who challenged him over the killings.

Luo Miu killed Akts and wiped out the bandits on Blade Island, then Zhao Nan continued traveling through the Infernal Realm without finding a disciple. After Linley and his companions decided to visit their teacher, Zhao Nan returned to the Micro-plane and assessed the progress of his clones.

• Luo Miu defeated Akts with one strike and killed the bandits on Blade Island so none could escape or encounter Linley and his companions.
• Zhao Nan traveled for another ten years without finding a suitable disciple, while Linley joined the Four Divine Beasts Clans and later learned from Beirut that Zhao Nan had become a Paragon.
• Beirut told Zhao Nan that Linley and the others planned to return to the Yulan Continent, and Zhao Nan asked Clade and Luo Miu whether they wanted to accompany him or stay in the Infernal Realm.
• Clade and Luo Miu chose to remain, so Zhao Nan gave each of them High-God divine artifacts and Sovereign's Might before traveling through the Teleportation Array to the God-Forsaken Continent.
• Zhao Nan crossed the Spatial Turbulence and entered his Micro-plane, where he found his elemental and Law clones nearing Paragon strength.

Zhao Nan sent Linley and the other disciples to deal with Odin, the Evil King who had escaped from the Gabadan Plane Prison and threatened the Ultimate Empire. After Beirut and Bluefire discussed rebuilding a continent, Zhao Nan considered creating one himself to expand the population and his faith, then explained that he would not leave the Yulan Continent until he was invincible.

• Zhao Nan reunited with Linley and the other disciples and told them Odin was a threat to the Yulan Continent who had escaped from the Gabadan Plane Prison.
• Dylan identified Odin as the Evil King, one of the Five Great Kings, and Linley and the others flew to Odin's territory to confront him.
• Beirut and Bluefire revealed their bet about whether Zhao Nan would notice them, and Bluefire explained that he had lost the chance to choose when and where to rebuild his continent.
• Zhao Nan asked Bluefire how to create a continent and told Beirut that a larger population could increase his faith and accelerate his cultivation.
• Bluefire explained the ranks of Seven-Star Fiends, Asuras, and Commanders, while Zhao Nan said he would stay home until he became invincible and could travel safely.

Zhao Nan, Beirut, and Bluefire went to the Odin Kingdom with Linley and the others to confront Odin. After Linley’s group killed Odin’s son and drew Odin out, Sathius admitted to the killing as Odin ordered his subordinates to seize him.

• Zhao Nan warned Beirut against rushing into danger and risking the Sovereign Sparks, then agreed to go with Beirut and Bluefire to see Linley and the others confront Odin.
• Linley and his companions appeared in Odin’s palace garden, introduced themselves to Odin’s son, and declared that they had come to destroy the Odin Kingdom.
• Sathius killed Odin’s son and took his ring and Godhead before Linley’s group continued toward the palace.
• The Odin Kingdom’s Deities surrounded Linley and his companions, and Odin arrived after Sathius tossed his son’s corpse before them.
• Odin demanded that the killer identify himself, Sathius confessed, and Odin ordered his subordinates to seize him.

Olivier overwhelmed Odin’s Wind Laws clone after Odin’s son was killed and Odin challenged the Ultimate Empire. When Odin split into nearly a thousand clones to escape, Olivier declared that his light element was just as fast as the Wind Laws.

• Sathius identified himself as a member of the Ultimate Empire and said the empire would claim the Yulan Continent, prompting Odin to threaten its destruction.
• Olivier stepped forward to fight Odin, and Linley explained that Olivier’s Soul Mutation made him far stronger than Odin’s clone.
• Odin’s attacks damaged a palace and injured bystanders, so Linley sent Barker and the others to rescue people and move the battle away from them.
• Olivier cut off Odin’s arms, battered him, and demanded the location of his strongest clone, but Odin refused to answer.
• Olivier asked the Odin Kingdom’s people to reveal the clone’s location, then Odin recovered and attacked again.
• Olivier struck Odin, but Odin split into nearly a thousand clones and fled in all directions as Olivier invoked the speed of his light element.

After defeating Odin, Linley and his companions followed Zhao Nan to the South Sea to witness Bluefire create a continent. As Bluefire began shaping its foundations from magma, Zhao Nan explained how continent-building could help Bluefire become a Dual-Element Paragon and teach the others to complete their Elemental Mysteries.

• Olivier defeated Odin's clones and took his High Godhead and Space Ring, while Linley incapacitated the Odin Kingdom's ministers and collected their Godheads and Space Rings.
• Zhao Nan persuaded Beirut and Bluefire to create a continent in the South Sea, where Bluefire hoped to become a Paragon in both fire and earth.
• Beirut cleared the chosen area, Bluefire prepared himself, and Zhao Nan summoned Linley and the others to watch.
• Bluefire unleashed a vast Elemental Tide and triggered an enormous underwater volcanic eruption, using magma to lay the continent's foundations and raise a mountain.
• Zhao Nan explained the Mysteries Bluefire used and advised Linley and Olivier to build on their signature techniques as paths toward Paragon status.

Zhao Nan showed Bluefire how to use fused Earth profound mysteries to draw in Earth Element and build the South Sea continent without destroying his Earth Divine Clone. Bluefire began forming a vast mansion as he pursued the path to Paragon, while Beirut asked Zhao Nan whether he should give Bluefire the Sovereign Spark once he reached that level.

• Zhao Nan explained that cultivators needed to fuse profound mysteries through comprehension, giving Linley and the others direction for their future cultivation.
• Bluefire struggled to gather enough Earth Element to form the huge South Sea continent and considered destroying his Earth Divine Clone to speed up the process.
• Zhao Nan demonstrated his Labyrinth World technique, using Gravity Space and Vitality to draw in Earth Element and continue expanding the structure.
• Bluefire understood the principle and began building a vast mansion across the continent, recognizing it as his own path toward Paragon.
• After half a month, Bluefire's continent was nearly four-fifths complete, though his attempts to form the mansion had repeatedly failed.
• Beirut asked Zhao Nan whether he should give Bluefire the Sovereign Spark after Bluefire reached Paragon.

Bluefire reached Paragon in the Laws of Fire and Earth, while Zhao Nan and Beirut discussed hunting Chief Gods despite their covenant. Bluefire declined Beirut’s offer of a Sovereign Spark for now and decided to join Zhao Nan’s hunt, but Beirut warned that Augusta already had a spy watching them.

• Zhao Nan considered Beirut’s plan to give Bluefire a Sovereign Spark and watched Bluefire use the Fire Laws to shape his residence.
• After half a month, Bluefire reached Paragon in the Laws of Fire, then used his Willpower to break through in the Laws of Earth as well.
• Zhao Nan asked Beirut where the Chief Gods were staying, and Beirut explained the covenant before agreeing to find out more.
• Bluefire thanked Zhao Nan for helping him reach Paragon, then realized Zhao Nan genuinely planned to hunt Chief Gods and chose to join him.
• Bluefire declined to refine a Sovereign Spark until he developed his Wind Element clone further, and Beirut warned that Augusta had a spy in their plane.
• Bluefire asked whether Huo Dan was the spy Beirut meant.