Recaps

Lincoln visited Hela at Nether Mountain, where they discussed his unborn daughter and the unusual nature of his blood and soul. Hela used the Heart of the Underworld to examine him, and Lincoln was suddenly enveloped by the Laws of the World.

• Lincoln found Hela cultivating on the Thunder Golden Orb and discussed her inability to sense the Lightning Element.
• Lincoln told Hela that his unborn daughter might inherit his exceptional nature and revealed that he had given Orf ten drops of his Quintessence Blood to study.
• Lincoln explained that Orf had discovered his Seven-Element Divine Beast bloodline and said his soul differed from every other living being.
• Hela used the Heart of the Underworld at full power to examine Lincoln, causing him to be enveloped by the Laws of the World.

After Hela purified Lincoln’s soul with the Heart of the Underworld, he entered Great Dream of Eternity again and realized Hongmeng’s message was connected to his unusual soul. Lincoln then explained his theory that his soul’s aura had transformed Aier and their unborn child, and kissed Hela as they considered a future together.

• Lincoln woke from Great Dream of Eternity after Hela used the Heart of the Underworld to examine him.
• Hela said Lincoln’s soul was not governed by the Death Rules and that she had purified its many impurities at the cost of Quintessence Blood.
• Lincoln suspected that purifying his souls had enabled his memories of his past life to return, and Hongmeng sent him a message saying he was the most qualified person to transcend.
• Hela asked whether Hongmeng was the Overgod, but Lincoln did not answer and she said she had gambled correctly by believing his soul was different.
• Lincoln told Hela that Aier’s cultivation had advanced unusually quickly and proposed that his soul’s aura had transformed her and caused their exceptionally gifted second child.
• Lincoln kissed Hela and said he had wanted to help her break through and give them a better future together.

The Death Sovereigns witnessed a mysterious phenomenon in the Underworld as Hela used the Heart of the Underworld while speaking with Lincoln. After seven days, Hela used it again, and the Laws of Heaven and Earth descended inside her palace.

• Sovereign's Might formed the words "Little friend, I'm waiting for you!" over the Underworld, alarming Youming and the spirits on the Nether Fruit Tree.
• Refining Fire and the Death Sovereigns confirmed that Hela had used the Heart of the Underworld at full strength, while Youming said she was with Lincoln on Nether Mountain.
• Inside Hela's palace, two Sovereign Sparks helped two souls complete their fusion, and a stone statue's aura grew stronger.
• Seven days later, the Death Sovereigns felt the stone statue activate again and worried that Hela's repeated use of the Heart of the Underworld would harm her.
• The Laws of Heaven and Earth descended inside Hela's palace, shocking Youming.

Hela reached Paragon after using the Heart of the Underworld, and Lincoln discovered that she was pregnant with their child. As they prepared to face the gathered Chief Gods outside the palace, Hela reminded Lincoln that Nether Mountain was his home now, too.

• The Chief Gods sensed the Laws of Heaven and Earth on Nether Mountain and speculated whether Hela or Lincoln had reached Paragon.
• Lincoln watched Hela complete her transformation into a Paragon Sovereign and gave her a red Wide-Sleeved Immortal Dress.
• Lincoln and Hela discussed her pregnancy and the lasting connection formed between their Sovereign Sparks.
• Lincoln explained the dress's name and its connection to his homeland, then prepared to take Hela outside and reassure the watching Chief Gods.
• Hela told Lincoln that Nether Mountain was his home now and asked him not to keep staying away.

After Hela attained Paragon status, she rewarded the Underworld Sovereigns, and Lincoln acquired the Soil of Vitality to pursue his research into reshaping a soul’s body. As Lincoln and Hela left to visit Vivian, Orf wondered whether Lincoln was behind the Underworld’s latest miracle.

• Lincoln and Hela told the gathered Sovereigns that Hela had reached Paragon status during their sparring match, and Hela offered them Heaven and Earth Wonders as rewards.
• Eugenie gave Hela the Soil of Vitality, and Lincoln traded her a reward for it after explaining that he had been searching for it and three other materials to reshape a soul’s body.
• The Sovereigns selected rewards, presented gifts, and dispersed from Nether Mountain.
• Hela asked Lincoln to accompany her to see Vivian, and they headed for the teleportation array to Undead Saint Mountain.
• Orf heard that Hela had become a Paragon after sparring with Lincoln and wondered, as he looked at the sky, whether Lincoln had caused the miracle.

Orf and Augusta discussed Lincoln’s unusual Quintessence Blood and Hela’s new power after becoming a Paragon. At Dawn Prefecture, Vivian formally apologized to Lincoln for her past actions, leaving him surprised that Hela had kept the Chief Gods’ secrets from her.

• Augusta accused Lincoln of tampering with the Quintessence Blood, while Orf defended him and wondered how strong Hela had become.
• Hela and Vivian met Lincoln at Plant Castle, where Hela proposed testing their Combined Innate Divine Ability at their secluded old testing ground.
• Vivian warned that the ability could strain Hela’s body during her pregnancy, but Hela insisted they proceed.
• Vivian praised Lincoln for gaining great power without ruling over the Chief Gods and formally apologized for her past actions.
• Lincoln was startled by Vivian’s apology and realized Hela had not told her the secrets between the Chief Gods.

Lincoln explained why he avoided confronting Orf, then inspected nearby Material Planes with Vivian and Hela before an insight about the Seven Laws and Four Edicts led him to question whether he was an illusion. He rejected that idea and concluded that his incompatibility with the Four Edicts came from their different origins in the Subordinate Universe.

• Lincoln told Vivian that Orf's Supreme Artifacts made a direct confrontation pointless, and Vivian learned how Orf had obtained them.
• Lincoln, Vivian, and Hela surveyed nearby Material Planes and saw the Natural Church and other Chief God factions competing for faith, often through violent wars.
• Lincoln led Vivian and Hela into Vivian's lifeless Life Divine Plane, where they discussed how life gave meaning to the Four Edicts.
• Lincoln realized the Seven Laws existed independently of life, which made him wonder whether he and his companions were illusions.
• Lincoln rejected the thought and reasoned that the Four Edicts were incompatible with him because they had been established after the universe's fundamental energies.

Lincoln realized that comprehending the Law of Space might let him break free of the Subordinate Universe’s restraints, giving him a new path forward. He then watched Vivian and Hela test their Combined Innate Divine Ability and suffered a severe soul injury when he tried to sense it.

• Lincoln concluded that his unique soul might let him comprehend the Law of Space and the Law of Time, and decided to focus on the Law of Space.
• Vivian and Hela formed white and black orbs with their Innate Divine Abilities, whose attraction Lincoln resisted with his Dark Sovereign Power.
• Vivian and Hela launched the orbs, which merged into a rotating black-and-white sphere that vanished in a flash of light.
• Lincoln’s Divine Sense touched the sphere and stabbed his soul with pain, leaving him struggling to recover and repair the damage.

Lincoln recovered after Vivian and Hela’s Combined Innate Divine Ability injured his soul, and the three returned to discuss their plans. The story then shifted to the war-torn Anduru Plane, where fallen empires and competing churches had left people struggling to choose whom to worship.

• Vivian healed Lincoln after Hela discovered he was badly weakened, and Lincoln explained that the ability’s devouring force had torn a fragment from his soul through his Divine Sense.
• Hela gave Lincoln Black Gold Dew, and Vivian explained that their ability could lock onto targets while retaining its chance of instant death.
• Lincoln praised the ability and criticized Uterede’s lack of hidden powers before Hela ended the test and asked where he would go.
• Lincoln chose the Underworld to await their child, while Vivian returned to the Life Divine Realm; Hela asked whether the child was his only reason for going.
• The collapse of four empires plunged the Anduru Plane into war, and five surviving empires became bases for churches that spread rival faiths.
• People displaced by the conflict struggled to choose among the churches’ Lords, since their religious preferences could bring suspicion and repression.

Reverend Pusluo led worship at the Natural Church’s headquarters in the Hengster Kingdom, where worshipers praised Lord Lincoln for bringing peace and prosperity. He described the kingdom’s coming rise to empire and revealed that the planes were infinite, while Lord Lincoln ruled three of the eleven true divine realms.

• Worshipers gathered at the Natural Church’s headquarters and prayed to Lord Lincoln under Reverend Pusluo’s guidance.
• A duchess thanked Pusluo for the peace that had protected Hengster for nearly ten years and explained that Duke Ailor was serving the king.
• Pusluo said Duke Ailor was helping build churches and schools, care for the poor and orphans, and spread the gospel.
• The duchess and Baroness Clover said Hengster was expected to become an empire, with support from three of the other empires already secured.
• Pusluo explained that the planes were infinite, that there were eleven true realms of the gods, and that Lord Lincoln ruled three of them.

Puslu arranged for an elderly believer with a pure soul to ascend as a Fallen Angel after her death, while encouraging Duchess Ailor to serve Lincoln on the Andulu Continent. He then learned that Inkuro had vanished and Haidike had been killed, and vowed to pursue whoever was responsible.

• Puslu examined the old woman and gave her three years to enjoy life before promising to send her soul to Lincoln, then awarded her a Black Archbishop's token.
• Duchess Ailor asked how she could give her soul to the Lord, and Puslu encouraged her to purify her soul and serve Lincoln on the Andulu Continent.
• Puslu recalled that Inkuro had a soul pure enough to become a Twelve-Winged Fallen Angel and that he had secretly arranged for him to be protected.
• Barikun rushed into the church with his Divine Sense and reported that Inkuro had disappeared and Haidike had been killed in one strike.
• Puslu suspected the attacker was at least a Six-Star expert and resolved to find Inkuro and avenge Haidike.

Pusluo discovered that the Church of Light had captured Inkuro and tried to stop its sacrificial ceremony, but an unknown force nullified his attack. Clementine of the Light Divine Plane appeared and confronted Pusluo.

• Unable to detect the assassin, Pusluo used Sovereign's Might to extend his Divine Sense and found Inkuro bound and dying in a Church of Light in the Tekuyi Duchy.
• Pusluo flew to the church and warned its members to stop the sacrifice, but they continued while Inkuro pleaded for help.
• Pusluo sent soul attacks at the church members, but the attacks vanished without effect, and he decided to retreat.
• Clementine appeared before Pusluo, identified himself as being from the Light Divine Plane, and declared Pusluo's days as a priest were over.

Clementine, a Paragon High-God, confronted Pusluo over taking a pure soul and overpowering the Church of Light’s Sovereign Envoy. After Pusluo’s appeal to Lincoln failed, Clementine launched another attack, leaving Pusluo’s fate unresolved.

• Pusluo recognized Clementine as an invincible Paragon, and Clementine admitted he had taken the pure soul and helped establish the Church of Light by choice.
• Pusluo warned Clementine that he served Lincoln, but Clementine dismissed the threat and attacked him.
• Pusluo swung his Attack Main God Artifact at Clementine’s punch, but the punch knocked the weapon away and hurled him underground.
• Pusluo rose with minor injuries and argued that Lincoln would punish Clementine for obstructing his plans to spread faith.
• Clementine rejected Pusluo’s appeal and kicked at him with Radiant Divine Power.

Pusluo fled from Clementine, who tormented and trapped him while accusing him of pursuing the Church of Light over a sacrificed soul. Just as Clementine seemed ready to finish him, an unknown figure intervened, freed Pusluo, and bound Clementine with Wind Binding.

• Pusluo tried to use his Sovereign Summoning Scroll, but Clementine knocked it away and chased him.
• Clementine struck Pusluo with Radiant orbs, while Pusluo spent his remaining Fire Element Sovereign Power to keep running.
• Clementine accused Pusluo of targeting the Church of Light and said Pusluo would have to stay alive long enough to tell his Lord what happened.
• Clementine's orbs merged into a Light Domain that immobilized Pusluo, and Pusluo protested that Clementine was going too far.
• An unknown figure arrived at tremendous speed, swept away the Light Domain with a storm, and restrained Clementine with Wind Binding.
• Clementine tried to break free, confident that the newcomer could not pose a serious threat.

Lincoln rescued Pusluo and Inkuro from Clementine, then punished Clementine for attacking them and demanded to know why he had helped Augusta spread his faith. Clementine explained that Augusta had threatened and bribed him, leaving Lincoln to consider the cause of the conflict.

• Lincoln freed Pusluo, rewarded him with Fire Element Sovereign Power, and revealed that he had been watching Clementine's attack.
• Lincoln pulled the barely living Inkuro to safety and gave Pusluo Life Sovereign Power to heal them both.
• Clementine apologized and offered to pay any price, but Lincoln bound him and lashed him with Dimension Blades.
• After Pusluo and Inkuro recovered, Lincoln stopped the punishment and asked Clementine why he had helped Augusta.
• Clementine told Lincoln that Augusta had threatened and bribed him into participating in the research.

Lincoln learned that Orf had given Augusta a lead on his Innate Divine Ability, though Daniel and Harry had not inherited it. He brought Clementine into the Spatial Turbulence and revealed that his Sovereign Clones gave his Divine Clones Willpower beyond a Paragon’s; his Light Sovereign Clone arrived and merged with his Wind Divine Clone, leaving Clementine unable to move freely.

• Lincoln deduced that Orf’s use of Quintessence Blood had led Augusta to force Clementine to assist with research into Lincoln’s Innate Divine Ability.
• Clementine criticized Augusta, and Lincoln rebuked him before explaining that he had earned Clementine’s respect by suppressing him with a Divine Clone.
• Lincoln ordered Pusluo to restore the Anduru Plane, drive out its occupants, and protect Inkuro, then took Clementine into the Spatial Turbulence.
• Lincoln explained that refining Sovereign Sparks gave his Divine Clones Willpower exceeding a Paragon’s, and claimed he could challenge Paragons even without that advantage.
• Lincoln’s Light Sovereign Clone arrived and merged with his Wind Divine Clone, while Clementine remained unable to move freely in the Spatial Turbulence.

Lincoln forced Clementine to accept a role in his plans, securing his agreement to serve him and fight for the Water Divine Plane in the Plane War two trillion years later. Lincoln intended to use Paragons to secure Ten Consecutive Wins, since his own Wind Divine Clone could not fight for most Divine Planes.

• Lincoln bound Clementine with a band of light and demanded compensation for sparing him.
• Lincoln offered Clementine the role of Sovereign Envoy and revealed that Palhouse had already accepted the same role.
• Lincoln ordered Clementine to represent the Water Divine Plane in the Plane War two trillion years later, threatening to annihilate him if he refused.
• Clementine accepted Lincoln's conditions after Lincoln explained that he could live indefinitely if he served him.
• Lincoln considered how the rules barred his Wind Divine Clone from fighting for most Divine Planes and planned to use several Paragons to win Ten Consecutive Wins.

Lincoln secured Clementine's oath and equipped him before using Clementine’s disappearance as a pretext to confront Augusta on the Light Divine Plane. He accused Augusta of sending Clementine after his Sovereign Envoy and stealing his resources, then challenged him to deny it.

• Lincoln made Clementine swear loyalty to him and promise to support the Water Divine Plane in the future Plane War.
• Lincoln gave Clementine over a thousand drops of Light Sovereign's Might and a Material Defense Sovereign Artifact, then sent him into a Material Plane and told him to avoid the Light Divine Plane.
• Augusta killed the performers on Divine Light Island after they failed to improve his mood while he searched for Clementine.
• Lincoln appeared over the Light Divine Plane and publicly accused Augusta of sending Clementine to attack his Sovereign Envoy and steal his pure souls and Faith Power.
• Augusta warned Lincoln not to push things too far, but Lincoln challenged him to deny the accusations.

Lincoln confronted Augusta over Clementine’s actions and accused him of arranging the attack on Lincoln’s envoy. Augusta fled when he learned Lincoln had been a Paragon Intermediate Sovereign for years, while Orf investigated and worried that Lincoln had concealed even greater power.

• Augusta accused Lincoln of breaking their deal and framing him, but Lincoln denied making any deal beyond a fair exchange of Sovereign Sparks.
• Lincoln blamed Augusta for Clementine spreading the Church of Light and attempting to kill Lincoln’s envoy and steal his soul; Augusta denied involvement and demanded that Clementine confront him.
• Lincoln named the other Light Sovereigns as possible instigators, prompting them to deny involvement, while Augusta accused Lincoln of seeking an excuse to attack him.
• Lincoln revealed that he had already been a Paragon Intermediate Sovereign when he first met Augusta, and Augusta fled toward a Plane Teleportation Array as the other Sovereigns reacted with alarm.
• Lincoln pursued Augusta with his Light Divine Clone, while Augusta hoped to escape and relied on his Soul Defense Supreme Artifact.
• In the Heavenly Realm, Orf examined Augusta’s memories, concluded Augusta had not offended Lincoln, and suspected Lincoln had hidden additional Divine Clones while waiting to learn where Augusta would teleport.

Lincoln’s Light Element clone pursued Augusta and discovered that Augusta carried a Soul Defense Supreme Artifact. Lincoln sent his Fire Element Chief Sovereign clone as a decoy-breaking surprise, and Augusta fled toward a teleportation array while calling for Orf to save him.

• The Chief Gods wondered whether Lincoln had reached Paragon in the Light Element, and they discussed his connection to Paragons and the value of Faith Power.
• Lincoln trapped Augusta with Prison of Light, but Augusta passed through unharmed; Lincoln deduced that Augusta had the Fate Soul Defense Supreme Artifact.
• Lincoln sent his Fire Element Chief Sovereign clone toward Augusta while his Light Element clone continued the chase as a decoy.
• Augusta headed across the White Desert toward Orf, but Lincoln’s Divine Sense revealed that his Fire clone was approaching from the Nate Continent.
• Orf flew to intercept Lincoln, but Augusta realized Lincoln would reach him first and raced for the White Desert teleportation array, shouting for Orf to save him.
• Martina, Laifu, and Galiard reacted to the news that Lincoln was pursuing Augusta and speculated that Augusta had offended him.

Lincoln pursued Augusta through the Spatial Turbulence, claiming he only wanted to teach him a lesson over the stolen believers and souls. Orf trapped Lincoln inside a pyramid with Thunderhoof’s ability, and Lincoln began studying its spatial structure while Augusta remained caught between the two Lincolns.

• Lincoln and Light Lincoln appeared at the same teleportation array as Augusta, who fled into the Spatial Turbulence with Fire Lincoln and Orf in pursuit.
• Lister suggested Lincoln might take Augusta’s High-level Sovereign Spark of Light, while Light Lincoln told the assembled Sovereigns that he only wanted to teach Augusta a lesson.
• Orf argued that Augusta had not been responsible for Clementine’s actions, but Lincoln attacked Augusta with Flame Funeral.
• Orf summoned Thunderhoof and used its Petrifying Eye to create a Four-Sided Pyramid that trapped Fire Lincoln and deflected his attack.
• Augusta veered toward Orf but saw Light Lincoln waiting ahead, while Fire Lincoln stopped trying to overpower the trap and studied its spatial structure.

Lincoln’s Fire Sovereign clone studied Orf’s Four-Sided Pyramid before turning his ultimate attack on Augusta. The flames left Augusta unharmed, revealing that his Defensive Supreme Artifact could withstand the strike.

• Lincoln stopped attacking the Four-Sided Pyramid and used Distorted Space to study its spatial barrier, while Orf realized Lincoln was cultivating.
• Orf’s strength waned under the strain of maintaining the pyramid, so he withdrew the phantom figure and let the barrier disappear.
• Lincoln asked Orf to use his ultimate move again, then ignited Augusta with orange flames when Orf could not.
• The Sovereigns were shocked that Augusta remained unharmed, and Hela and Vivian recognized that his Defensive Supreme Artifact had protected him.

Lincoln confronted Augusta over Clementine’s actions and revealed that Augusta had a Soul Defense Supreme Artifact, which had protected him from Lincoln’s attack. Lincoln then argued that the Chief Gods needed rules for their War of Faith, and Joseph defended Orf’s position as the dispute continued.

• Lincoln prepared to attack Augusta with Sirius Starfire, but Augusta revealed he had a Soul Defense Supreme Artifact and pleaded that another attack would kill him.
• Augusta explained that he had chosen a Soul Defense Supreme Artifact because his Sovereign Artifact Body already provided powerful material defense, while Hela and Vivian teased him about his choice.
• Orf challenged Lincoln to justify hunting Augusta, and Lincoln recounted Clementine’s actions in the Material Plane.
• Orf argued that Lincoln had no evidence Augusta ordered Clementine’s actions and called the conflict a normal contest for faith.
• Lincoln proposed dividing Material Planes by the strength of the Chief Gods instead of allowing armies to compete for faith.
• Joseph defended Orf, saying appointed armies and envoys had to accept the outcome of their efforts and that Augusta could not be held responsible for Clementine’s actions.

Vivian persuaded Lincoln to join her plan to kill Orf and Augusta, promising him power while relying on Eldest Sister to protect her. Lincoln exposed Orf’s connection to Augusta and attacked, as Vivian moved to kill Augusta, leaving Orf trapped between them.

• Fate Intermediate Sovereign Laifu and Dark Intermediate Sovereign Aridona argued that Deity-level beings should manage the Material Plane, while Vivian secretly urged Lincoln to kill Orf and offered him the chance to become King of the Gods.
• Lincoln accepted Vivian’s proposal, then challenged Orf over his past contests and his efforts to protect Augusta.
• Lincoln revealed his suspicions about Orf and Augusta and unleashed his Orange-Yellow Flame attack against Orf.
• Vivian appeared before Augusta with the Life Supreme God Sword as Orf summoned a Four-Winged Great Bird to shield himself.

Lincoln and Vivian launched a coordinated attack on Orf and Augusta, while Hela held Uterede back from intervening. As Orf’s protection nearly failed, he asked Lincoln when he had learned that Orf and Augusta were the same person, and Lincoln replied that he had known for a very long time.

• Lincoln’s flames burned through the Four-Winged Great Bird protecting Orf as Vivian attacked Augusta and Lincoln blocked Augusta’s escape into the Refractive Field.
• Lincoln revealed that he had secretly used the Refractive Field to strike Augusta with Flame Funeral and said Augusta’s Samsara Golden Body had made him tougher to kill.
• Uterede tried to attack Lincoln, but Hela stopped him with her chain and fought off his Soul Prison ability.
• Vivian shattered Augusta’s Sovereign Artifact and trapped him with emerald vines as the other Chief Gods fled the battles.
• As Lincoln’s flames nearly overwhelmed Orf’s protector, Orf asked when Lincoln had discovered that he and Augusta were the same person, and Lincoln said he had known for a very long time.