Recaps

Lincoln and Valeria arrived at Hela’s palace, where Hela confronted Lincoln about killing the Four Divine Beasts and keeping her uninformed. After Lincoln explained and promised to consult her about important matters, they prepared to join Vivian in the Chines Material Plane and answer for the killings.

• Lincoln and Valeria entered Hela’s palace and found her watching Battle Projections with Youming.
• Valeria told Hela that the Four Divine Beasts had plotted against her and that Lincoln killed them and gave her the White Tiger’s Wind Sovereign Spark.
• Lincoln gave Hela a Water Sovereign Spark and sent Valeria and Youming to the Chines Material Plane.
• Hela explained that she resented Lincoln repeatedly making major decisions without consulting her, and Lincoln promised to discuss important matters with her first.
• Hela and Lincoln set off to explain the Four Divine Beasts’ deaths, while Lincoln revealed that he had four portions of Willpower and could defeat the three other Sovereigns but could not kill Orf.

Lincoln revealed to Hela that Orf was a Bula Clan member whose dark clone was Augusta, and warned that Orf’s hidden strength and defensive artifacts made him exceptionally dangerous. Hela disclosed her and Vivian’s deadly Combined Innate Divine Ability, but remained unsure whether it could kill Orf through his defenses.

• Lincoln explained that the Bula Clan split its positive and negative traits between clones, and Hela realized that Orf and Augusta were likely the same person.
• Lincoln said Augusta’s actions had ultimately benefited Orf, then told Hela that he had completed the sixth Overgod Mission and obtained Augusta’s Dark Mid-level Sovereign Spark.
• Hela revealed that she and Vivian shared Life and Death Intertwined, which could instantly kill a target below Overgod level or leave them gravely wounded.
• Lincoln explained that Orf had a Chief God clone, extra Willpower, and both Material Defense and Soul Defense Supreme Artifacts, making him difficult to defeat.
• Hela worried that Life and Death Intertwined might not work against Orf’s full set of Defensive Supreme Artifacts.

Lincoln settled Valeria’s story with the Chief Gods, then visited Orf at August Garden to fulfill their agreement. He confronted Orf over arranging Augusta’s attack on Hikari and prepared to keep the Quintessence Blood if Orf denied it.

• Lincoln and Hela discussed the limits of their power against Orf and how Lincoln had uncovered Orf’s identity and artifacts.
• Lincoln told Hela that Valeria’s account of the Four Divine Beasts had been accepted, and Hela left before Lincoln flew to the Heavenly Realm.
• Lincoln accepted congratulations on becoming a Dual-Element Chief Sovereign and told the gathered Chief Gods not to raise Valeria’s loss again.
• Lincoln let Valeria continue governing the Water Divine Plane, assigned her two Sovereign Envoys, and reclaimed the other Main God Tokens.
• Lincoln entered August Garden, recounted to Orf how he had killed the Four Divine Beasts and compensated Valeria, then said he had come to fulfill their agreement.
• Lincoln accused Orf of having Augusta target Hikari and warned that he would keep the Quintessence Blood if Orf denied it.

Lincoln traded ten drops of the Four Divine Beasts' Quintessence Blood to Orf for a sample of Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python Quintessence Blood. Orf proposed an alliance to research a realm beyond the Chief Gods, but Lincoln declined and left, while Orf realized Lincoln still did not trust him.

• Orf offered Lincoln a favor in exchange for some of the Four Divine Beasts' Quintessence Blood, but Lincoln refused and gave Orf the promised python blood sample instead.
• Orf explained how Sovereigns chose allies and said he had sided with Lincoln because of his potential, while warning that Uterede would be interested in the Four Divine Beasts' blood.
• Lincoln asked Orf what kind of alliance he wanted, and Orf asked what reward a Dual-Element Paragon received in Willpower.
• Lincoln refused to reveal the reward and rejected Orf's proposal to combine their talents to seek a realm beyond the Chief Gods.
• Lincoln left, and Orf privately concluded that Lincoln had never trusted him.

Lincoln considered how to reach transcendence, became an Earth Sovereign, and refused Uterede's offer for the Four Divine Beasts' Blood Essence. Uterede reaffirmed that he would defend Dark when Lincoln attacked him after their Ten-Thousand-Year Pact.

• Lincoln reasoned that Hongmeng Spiritual Energy was essential for transcendence and wondered whether Hongmeng's earlier encouragement had been meant for him.
• Lincoln made his Earth Divine Clone an Earth Sovereign by using the Earth Sovereign Spark.
• Uterede visited Lincoln and asked to buy the Four Divine Beasts' Blood Essence, but Lincoln refused even an offer of a High-level Sovereign Spark and a Supreme Artifact.
• Lincoln told Uterede that he would fight Dark after their Ten-Thousand-Year Pact and asked whether Uterede would interfere.
• Uterede vowed to stop Lincoln if he attacked Dark, and warned that the other Chief Sovereigns might not accept Lincoln growing stronger.
• After Uterede left, Lincoln concluded that Uterede could not stop him and that he could kill him even without mastering the Four Divine Beasts' Innate Divine Ability.

Three thousand years later, eligible gods and Saints gathered to enter a Divine Plane selection hosted by Lord Teluzake. Teluzake opened the gate at Azure Sea Sky Light, and Daniel told Lincoln that a new round of selection had begun.

• Saros arrived at the cathedral’s secret chamber and told Troy and a beauty that he would train in the Light Divine Plane before his age limit expired.
• Troy and the beauty discussed the dangers of the Divine Planes and the selection, while Saros worried about his limited chances to advance or earn a badge.
• Teluzake welcomed the gathered candidates and led them to Azure Sea Sky Light after reminding them to serve the Bian Sovereign, Mist Sovereign, and Lord.
• A crowd at the cathedral saw Saint-level experts enter a Metal Lifeform, and a cardinal soothed a startled boy and praised the Lord’s compassion.
• Teluzake used Fate Sovereign Power to activate the light source and reveal a seal with eleven openings, and Daniel told Lincoln the new selection had begun.

Lincoln watched Daniel recruit and train believers through dangerous Acceleration Realms while Roman completed a method for awakening the talents of offspring born to Multi-Element Divine Beasts. The chapter left Lincoln and Daniel waiting as a seven-element Divine Beast’s cocoon neared its opening.

• Daniel explained that he was using Deity-level experts to spread pure faith and hoped that improving its quality would help him become a Paragon.
• Lincoln described the Divine Planes attached to the Chainis Plane, while Teluzake opened the gates to the Acceleration Realms and Saros, Troy, and a refined beauty entered to cultivate.
• Saros and the others fought powerful creatures inside their chosen realms as Daniel watched the trials.
• Roman arrived to report that he had developed a reliable way to awaken the talents of offspring born to Multi-Element Divine Beasts, and Daniel brought him to the Laboratory Plane.
• Roman revealed that a seven-element Divine Beast cocoon was close to opening, and Athos thanked Lincoln on behalf of the Milotic clan.

Da Ming emerged from the Giant Cocoon as a Heavenly Thunder Ox Python, became a god, and planned to venture into a Supreme Plane. Lincoln rewarded Roman and Athos for their work, promising to watch for an opportunity to help Roman and inviting Athos to become his Sovereign Envoy.

• The Giant Cocoon dissolved, revealing a Heavenly Thunder Ox Python that Roman identified as a divine beast with Thunder, Water, and Destruction affinities.
• The Heavenly Thunder Ox Python chose External Godhood, became a god, and introduced himself as Da Ming.
• Da Ming told Lincoln he wanted to travel to a Supreme Plane, and Lincoln said Roman would open a planar gate for him when he was ready.
• Lincoln told Roman he would watch for news of an opportunity in the Life Divine Realm, and Roman thanked him.
• Lincoln invited Athos to become his Sovereign Envoy, and Athos accepted and requested an Attack Main God Artifact shaped like a clawed gauntlet.

Daniel underwent Bloodline Awakening in the Cocooning Pool using Blue Silver Grass and an Awakening Crystal. He emerged with a White Giant Python form resembling Lincoln, though the full extent of his awakened abilities remained unclear.

• Athos received a Black Long Spear from Lincoln and agreed to find materials for a claw gauntlet that Lincoln could nurture into a Main God Artifact.
• Daniel repeated the Stone Lotus test, which confirmed that he had the Light Element.
• Roman and Athos prepared the Cocooning Pool with an Awakening Crystal and Blue Silver Grass, and Daniel entered it to begin his awakening.
• After thirteen days in the cocoon, Daniel felt intense pain as his Original Body neared completion, and the cocoon melted away.
• Daniel's Saint Original Body manifested a White Giant Python hundreds of meters long, whose form closely resembled Lincoln's true form.

Daniel formed a Light God Clone and gained an Innate Divine Ability while retaining his Willpower. Three days later, Palhouse sought information about powerful Fate cultivators, and Magnus realized that Palhouse’s visit had a purpose but decided not to report it to Orf.

• Daniel returned after forming his Light God Clone, confirmed that it had Willpower, and told Lincoln that his Saint Original Body had gained an Innate Divine Ability.
• Lincoln and Daniel went to a bandit hideout to test the ability, but they could not find a suitable Peak Asura among the bandits.
• Magnus arrived at the hideout and spoke with Palhouse about his Sovereign Artifact and Daniel’s Fate Sovereign Spark.
• Palhouse asked Magnus to name the strongest Fate cultivators, and Magnus listed Andreina, Pruss, Umbridge, and Mortis as being close to Paragon strength.
• After Palhouse departed, Magnus decided against reporting his visit to Orf because he believed the Fate Sovereign Spark was already claimed.

Magnus searched for the Invisible Mist while Palhouse attacked Pink Island and captured Umbridge for Lincoln and Daniel to test Daniel’s Innate Divine Ability. Daniel found that devouring souls only slightly increased his soul power, then prepared to test the ability on a Low-God of Light.

• Magnus searched the plants on the Yao Si Continent for the Invisible Mist and recalled that his earlier search had led him to become a Paragon of Fate.
• Palhouse attacked Umbridge’s Pink Island, destroyed its defensive array, captured Umbridge, and chased down a Low-God bandit of Light.
• Lincoln asked Palhouse whether Umbridge had either type of Sovereign Artifact, then gave her a Material Defense Sovereign Artifact to bind.
• Daniel devoured Umbridge’s soul in the Spatial Turbulence, but gained only a slight increase in soul power.
• Lincoln instructed Daniel to test the ability on the Low-God of Light and warned him to check the Spatial Turbulence for nearby souls.

Uterede prepared to honor his Ten-Thousand-Year Pact with Lincoln while Lucy tried to persuade Dark to surrender the Fallen Angel Rebirth Pool. Dark accepted the chance to leave Hell, but Lincoln was waiting in the Darkness Divine Plane and trapped him before he could escape.

• Lincoln discussed Harry and Daniel's limited ability to absorb Mysteries, then summoned Harry to the Laboratory Plane.
• Uterede finished refining his ultimate technique and prepared to fight Lincoln under their Ten-Thousand-Year Pact.
• Lucy offered Dark safety in exchange for control of the Fallen Angel Rebirth Pool, and Dark agreed to return to the Darkness Divine Plane.
• Lincoln revealed that he planned to kill Dark regardless of the deal, while Uterede summoned the Sovereigns to witness his coming fight with Lincoln.
• Dark teleported to the Darkness Divine Plane, where Lincoln confronted him and trapped him inside his Darkness Domain.

Lincoln killed Dark in the Dark Domain, but the Overgod of Destruction appeared and executed Lucy’s Water Sovereign Clone for violating the Supreme God Oath. Lucy’s Darkness Divine Clone defended her Sovereign Spark from the rushing Water Deities until Lincoln intervened to drive them back.

• Lincoln overwhelmed Dark with the Dark Domain, silenced him, and killed him without causing much damage to the surroundings.
• The Overgod of Destruction appeared and sentenced Lucy’s Water Sovereign Clone to death for violating the Supreme God Oath, killing her instantly.
• Lucy’s Darkness Divine Clone killed a Water Highgod who tried to seize her Sovereign Spark, but more Deities rushed toward her.
• Lincoln gathered Dark Sovereign Power into a gigantic face and warned the crowd that anyone who advanced would die.

Lincoln gave Lucy the Dark Sovereign Spark, making her the new Darkness Chief Sovereign, and took the Water Intermediate Sovereign Spark for Aier. After arranging for Lucy to claim Fallen Angel Rebirth Pools, Lincoln headed back to the Chines Material Plane as the battle with Uterede approached.

• Lincoln accepted Lucy’s oath and gave her the Dark Sovereign Spark, which she refined to become the Darkness Chief Sovereign.
• Lucy destroyed her Water Sovereign Clone, and Lincoln took its Water Intermediate Sovereign Spark.
• Lincoln and Lucy discussed claiming Dark’s Fallen Angel Rebirth Pools, and Lincoln gave Lucy a map to claim the remaining pools.
• Lincoln told Lucy to go to Hell after claiming the pools while he returned to the Chines Material Plane.
• Lincoln headed for Dark’s two highest-level Fallen Angel Rebirth Pools and reflected that their Fallen Angels would regain their self-awareness when ownership was revoked.

Lincoln claimed the second Advanced Fallen Angel Rebirth Pool and gave Aier a Water Intermediate Sovereign Spark so she could become a Chief God. He reassured her that no Chief God could threaten him, then called the spark their long-overdue wedding token.

• Lincoln claimed the Fallen Angel Rebirth Pool and sent his Wind Divine Clone to deliver the Water Intermediate Sovereign Spark to Aier.
• Lincoln claimed a second Advanced Fallen Angel Rebirth Pool and returned to the Chines Material Plane.
• Aier told Lincoln she wanted to grow strong enough to reach Asura level, despite the faith of a hundred thousand Material Planes.
• Lincoln gave Aier Lucy's Water Intermediate Sovereign Spark and explained that Lucy had destroyed her Water Sovereign Clone to lure Dark into a trap.
• Lincoln told Aier that his strength made him safe from the Chief Gods and said he planned to focus on their wedding.

Aier refined the Water Sovereign Spark and became a Sovereign as Lincoln headed to Hell for his contest with Uterede. The gathering was thrown into confusion by reports that Lucy had supposedly been killed and a Dark Sovereign Spark had been refined, until Lucy appeared alive as the new Darkness High-Level Chief God and bowed to Lincoln.

• Aier refined the Water Sovereign Spark, gained Faith Power, and completed the fusion of four Mysteries.
• Lincoln and Aier arrived in Hell, where Sovereigns had gathered to watch Lincoln and Uterede's contest.
• Tartarus reported that the Overgod of Destruction had appeared in the Darkness Divine Realm and that Lucy had supposedly been killed after violating the Supreme God Oath.
• Tartarus also reported that someone had refined a Dark Sovereign Spark, while Dark was absent from the gathering.
• Lucy appeared alive, identified herself as the new Darkness High-Level Chief God, and paid her respects to Lincoln.

After Lincoln explained how he killed Dark and made Lucy a Darkness High Sovereign, the Chief Gods debated whether Lucy or Lincoln should become Darkness Chief Sovereign. Hela supported Lincoln’s right to rise above the old hierarchy, while Lincoln continued waiting for an absent Chief God before Uterede’s duel.

• Lucy bowed to Lincoln, and Uterede questioned why she recognized him as Darkness Chief Sovereign after refining the Darkness High Sovereign Spark.
• Lincoln said Lucy had lured Dark out of Hell but failed to protect him, so he killed Dark and gave her the Darkness High Sovereign Spark as compensation.
• Uterede accused Lincoln of killing another Chief God, but Lincoln argued that Dark had provoked him and that his past victims had brought their fates upon themselves.
• Lincoln postponed Uterede’s duel, saying one more Chief God had yet to arrive, and the group began debating who should hold the Darkness Chief Sovereign position.
• Augusta argued that the position should follow the rank of one’s Sovereign Spark and warned that Lincoln might gain control over too many realms.
• Hela opposed Augusta, saying Lincoln’s strength and ability justified making him Chief Sovereign and requiring former Chief Sovereigns to step aside.

The Chief Gods debated whether elemental Chief Sovereigns should be chosen by strength, and Hela declared Lincoln the Darkness Chief Sovereign. As Aier arrived and Lincoln prepared to face Uterede, the long-awaited competition was about to begin.

• Vivian, Diya, and Hullei backed choosing Chief Sovereigns by strength, while Joseph supported Orf and Uterede's view; Hullei's vote settled the debate.
• Hela announced that Chief Sovereigns would be ranked by strength and named Lincoln the Darkness Chief Sovereign.
• Aier arrived, and Daniel happily led her to stand beside Lincoln as the Chief Gods congratulated Lincoln's family.
• Hela suggested Lincoln would eventually rule the Seven Divine Planes, and Lincoln realized Orf may have uncovered some of his innate abilities through studying the Quintessence Blood.
• Lincoln pointed out that the person they had been waiting for had arrived and challenged Uterede to begin their competition.
• Uterede drew the Destruction Overgod Spear, and transparent flames kindled in Lincoln's hands and brow as he faced him.

Lincoln fought Uterede, using unusual flames to counter the Destruction Chief Sovereign’s attacks and bind him. The chapter ended with Lincoln trapping Uterede in the Flame Funeral and urging him to reveal his trump card.

• Uterede attacked Lincoln with Destruction Sovereign Power that formed Black-backed Centipedes, but Lincoln ignited them with Colorless Transparent Flame.
• Lincoln’s orange-yellow fire burned away Uterede’s Dark Sovereign Power, while Uterede used spatial rifts and Spatial Turbulence to try to overwhelm the flames.
• Uterede summoned the divine beast Wukun and used Soul Prison to restrain Lincoln before attacking with the Destruction Overgod Spear.
• Lincoln stopped Uterede’s spear with a third bloom of transparent flame and trapped him in orange-yellow flames called the Flame Funeral.
• Lincoln warned Uterede to reveal his trump card, while assuring him that their agreed limits meant he would not kill him.

Lincoln and Uterede escalated their battle as Uterede revealed a technique that combined the powers of two divine beasts to suppress the laws. Lincoln answered with Unseen Karma Fire, disrupting Uterede’s focus and leaving the match unresolved.

• Orf, Adonis, and Teresia discussed Lincoln’s varied techniques and wondered whether Uterede could force him to use his Innate Divine Ability.
• Uterede merged with the Destruction Overgod Spear, escaped Lincoln’s restraints, and challenged him at close range.
• Uterede summoned phantoms of the Light-Bearing Goose and Dark-Winged Eagle, whose combined power suppressed the surrounding flames and laws.
• Orf identified the birds and explained their abilities, while Vivian deduced that Uterede had refined all their Quintessence Blood at once.
• Lincoln sent Unseen Karma Fire into Uterede’s heart, disrupting his attack and separating the bird phantoms.
• Lincoln survived a weakened spear strike, then told Uterede that his anger made him vulnerable to Unseen Karma Fire.

After Lincoln defeated Uterede, Ouf invited him to fight and hoped to uncover the secret behind Lincoln’s Innate Divine Ability. Lincoln accepted in principle but demanded Ouf’s research on the Samsara Golden Body and Transcendence of Reincarnation, and Ouf refused to trade the techniques for a single contest.

• Dunnington recognized that the devastation in the Sea of Chaos came from a battle between Lincoln and Uterede, and identified Lincoln as the likely Fire Element Chief Sovereign.
• Lincoln and the other Chief Gods discussed Uterede’s techniques and Lincoln’s victory, while Lincoln considered ways to combine different Laws.
• Ouf invited Lincoln to fight after Uterede confirmed Ouf had beaten him in their previous contests.
• Lincoln said he was tired of fighting and asked Ouf for the complete principles behind the Samsara Golden Body and Transcendence of Reincarnation.
• Ouf refused to trade both techniques for a fight and offered the Samsara Golden Body only if Lincoln revealed the true secret of his Innate Divine Ability.
• Lincoln told Ouf that he was a Seven-Law Divine Beast and urged him to ask for something else.

Lincoln agreed with Orf to a duel after the Plane War, then visited Dunnington in Hell to ask for a favor. Dunnington questioned Lincoln about his fight with Uterede, and Lincoln pressed him to answer the request.

• Orf proposed a duel with Lincoln, wagering knowledge about the Samsara Golden Body and the secrets of becoming a Dual-Element Paragon.
• Lincoln and Orf agreed to fight after the Plane War under terms that made either one lose if he could not withstand the other's attacks.
• Lincoln left with Aier and Daniel while his Darkness Divine Clone secretly traveled to Hell.
• Lincoln approached Dunnington and asked him for a favor.
• Dunnington asked whether Lincoln had fought Uterede, and Lincoln warned him not to pry into Chief Gods' affairs.

Lincoln learned the limitations of Soul Fragments from Dunnington and offered him a Nether Fruit in exchange for building goodwill. The two clarified whom Soul Fragments could help, leaving Lincoln to explain their value through Bebe’s past need to advance quickly.

• Dunnington explained that Soul Fragments could speed up comprehension to a bottleneck but could not improve innate talent or raise someone beyond their potential level.
• Lincoln told Dunnington about Nether Fruit and promised he could obtain one from the Nether Fruit Tree by saying Lincoln had sent him.
• Dunnington thanked Lincoln for the offer, then warned that he could not help if Lincoln wanted to use Soul Fragments on Saint-level beings.
• Dunnington explained that only gods could use Soul Fragments, and they had to match the attributes of the user's Divine Clone.
• Lincoln defended the value of Soul Fragments, recalling that they had helped Bebe reach Highgod level before a powerful enemy could kill him.

Lincoln and Aier hosted a three-day banquet on Aier Island for the Chief Gods, celebrating the news that their family would welcome another child. The gathering ended with congratulations for the growing Lincoln Family, while Vivian urged Hela to share her feelings about Lincoln.

• After Valeria wiped out the Four Divine Beasts Clan's influence, Aier Island became Aier and Lincoln's home in the Water Divine Plane.
• Lincoln and Aier welcomed Chief Gods from across the planes to a banquet, where Roman announced that Daniel would soon have a little sister.
• Aier was surprised to learn she was carrying a child, and the guests congratulated her and Lincoln.
• The banquet lasted three days, with Daniel entertaining guests while Lincoln and Aier took a break on the second and third days.
• Vivian asked Hela to speak openly about her feelings, then assured her that she would support whatever Hela decided.
• After the banquet, Roman congratulated Lincoln and Aier on another new member of the Lincoln Family.

Aier’s unusually long pregnancy worried Lincoln and Daniel, but she remained confident that their child was simply taking time to grow stronger. Youming brought a Nether Fruit and a gift from Hela, and the chapter ended with Aier encouraging Lincoln to visit Hela in the Underworld.

• Lincoln and Daniel worried that Aier’s pregnancy had lasted ten thousand years, while Aier said their child would likely be exceptionally gifted.
• Youming visited the family and gave Lincoln the first ripe Nether Fruit he had promised.
• Daniel urged Lincoln to give the fruit to Teluzake, and Lincoln agreed that Luna would wait for another.
• Youming presented Vine Silk Green, a Sovereign Artifact made from Hela’s shed husk as a gift for the unborn child.
• Aier thanked Hela for her kindness and encouraged Lincoln to send one of his clones to Nether Mountain to spend time with her.