Recaps

Linley killed Orf and recovered the Soul Defense Supreme Artifact, then revealed that an unseen being controlled the world. The surviving Chief Gods reacted to Orf’s death, and Lucy and the Fate Intermediate Sovereign intercepted Joseph and Aridona as they tried to flee.

• Linley’s Dark Sovereign Clone trapped the Ring while Flame Funeral burned Orf, and Orf died after asking about the being who controlled the world.
• Fire Lincoln extracted a crystal from Orf’s brow and seized the Miniature Garden, while Linley recovered the Ring from the Infinite Zone.
• Joseph and the other Chief Gods watched in shock as Linley emerged with the treasures and Orf’s death became clear.
• Joseph fled toward Hell, but Lucy blocked his path and warned him that the show was not over.
• The Fate Intermediate Sovereign stopped Aridona as she tried to escape.

Valeria, Diya, and Hullei killed Manlu and Aridona as the Chief Gods were ordered to remain until the battle between the lords ended. Uterede refused to surrender and prepared to fight Hela to the death, while Vivian continued to overwhelm Augusta.

• Valeria blocked Manlu while Lucy fought Joseph, and Diya and Hullei agreed to stop the Chief Gods from fleeing.
• Hullei ordered every Chief God to stay, and Diya killed Manlu with a Dimension Blade while Hullei killed Aridona with lightning.
• Diya and Hullei collected the Sovereign Sparks and waited for Lincoln, leaving the other Chief Gods silent.
• Uterede learned Orf was dead and saw Lincoln take the High-level Sovereign Spark of Fate, but rejected Hela's offer to surrender.
• Uterede and Hela agreed to fight to the death as Paragons, while Vivian trapped the battered Augusta with Plant Prisons.

Lincoln explained the universe’s structure and the Main Universe to Augusta, addressing Orf through the personality that remained after their merger. He offered Augusta a chance to live on in another form, while Hullei and Diya weighed whether to side with him.

• Vivian trapped Augusta in a Plant Prison, and Augusta urged Hullei to join him against Lincoln.
• Lincoln said he wanted to speak to Orf and described the subordinate universes and the Main Universe.
• Dark Lincoln told Augusta why he had killed Orf and explained how Orf’s strengths had also made him a target.
• Lincoln silenced the space around himself and Augusta, then made Augusta an offer to live on in another form.
• Augusta showed hope at Lincoln’s offer as Hullei and Diya remained uncertain about what to do.

Lincoln persuaded Augusta to lay an egg in exchange for a promise to research restoring the Bula Clan’s memories and obtain Orf’s research. As Lincoln’s allies gained ground, Hela and Uterede began a battle that Uterede intended to fight to the death.

• Lincoln told Augusta that laying an egg would let his child inherit his life and soul, then swore to research a way to restore the Bula Clan’s memories in exchange for Orf’s research.
• Hullei chose to support Lincoln and helped Lucy kill Joseph, the Earth Chief Sovereign, while Diya bowed to Lincoln.
• Lincoln told Vivian to watch Augusta and sent his Dark Sovereign Clone to support Hela in her duel with Uterede.
• Hela and Uterede clashed with their ultimate techniques, and Hela warned that Uterede would lose once he weakened.
• Uterede said he wanted only a satisfying fight and had no intention of surviving it.

Hela and Uterede resumed their fight to the death while Lincoln explained that Augusta and Orf were one person split into two by the Bula Clan’s secret art. Hela unleashed Death Hymn, leaving Uterede struggling against its effects as her scythe struck for his soul and Wukun’s phantom appeared behind him.

• Lincoln told Uterede that Augusta and Orf were the same person, split into two bodies by the Bula Clan’s innate soul-transforming art.
• Uterede rejected Lincoln’s explanation and insisted that he and Hela continue their fight to the death.
• Hela summoned her Void Soul Vine form and unleashed her Innate Divine Ability, Death Hymn.
• Death Hymn overwhelmed Uterede’s emotions, and Hela sent her scythe rushing toward him to reap his soul.
• Wukun’s enormous phantom appeared behind Uterede as the scythe attacked.

Uterede fought Hela again, but she combined her Innate Divine Ability, the Heart of the Underworld, and her Supreme Artifact to counter his increasingly powerful attack. Lincoln realized Uterede had strengthened himself through sheer will, though he expected Hela to win.

• Uterede used Soul Prison and Heavy Lotus Lacquer to survive Hela’s Death Hymn, then admitted that her power as a Paragon had overwhelmed him.
• Hela revealed that she could now use the Heart of the Underworld and her Innate Divine Ability together after refining another Sovereign Spark and gaining more Willpower.
• Uterede gathered his black rays into his Destruction God Spear and charged Hela with an attack that seemed driven entirely by destruction.
• Lincoln recognized that Uterede had increased his strength through his own will, but could not investigate further because Uterede was determined to fight to the death.
• Hela rang the Hollow Bell hidden in the Metal Heavy Ball on her scythe, and Lincoln predicted that her combined powers would defeat Uterede.
• Vivian corrected Lincoln for calling Hela impressive rather than his Eldest Sister, and Lincoln joked that she should call him brother-in-law.

Hela defeated and killed Uterede in battle, then recovered from the spiritual exhaustion caused by her Death Hymn. Lincoln collected Uterede’s treasures and arranged to transport Wukun’s enormous corpse away, while the watching Chief Gods realized Lincoln would now be in charge, with Hela close behind him.

• Hela used the Scythe of Death’s chain and bell to bind Uterede, then engulfed him in Death Hymn when he was too exhausted to use Soul Prison again.
• The Death Hymn specks returned to Hela’s Stone Statue Projection, easing her spiritual exhaustion, while Vivian teased Lincoln about his stamina.
• Uterede died, and Spatial Turbulence destroyed his divine body, revealing his enormous Wukun form.
• Dark Lincoln recovered the Destruction High-level Sovereign Spark and Destruction Overgod Spear from Wukun’s forehead.
• Lincoln arranged for Light Lincoln to transport Wukun’s body to the Chines Material Plane, and the Chief Gods acknowledged Uterede’s death and Lincoln’s coming authority.

Lincoln claimed Uterede's Destruction Overgod Spear and Hela extracted Augusta's memories, leaving him exhausted. Augusta then invoked Lincoln's Supreme God Oath and vomited up a gigantic egg.

• Lincoln bonded with the Destruction Overgod Spear and made its power recede.
• Vivian and Hela questioned Lincoln about Overgod Missions and the possibility of Supreme Artifacts with other attributes.
• Hela used Death Sovereign Power to extract Augusta's memories and sealed the unstable memories in a crystal ball.
• Augusta reminded Lincoln of his Supreme God Oath, then retched and vomited up a gigantic egg.

Lincoln distributed the Supreme Artifacts and Sovereign Sparks taken from Augusta, Orf, and Uterede among himself, Hela, and Vivian. The discussion ended with Hela confronting Lincoln and Vivian about an agreement they had made without her.

• Augusta died, and the Spatial Turbulence destroyed his body, leaving his Sovereign Spark behind while the two subdued Supreme Artifacts fell silent.
• Lincoln brought Vivian and Hela into his dark zone and laid out three Sovereign Sparks, three Supreme Artifacts, and two spatial rings.
• Lincoln gave Hela the Destruction Element Material Defense Supreme Artifact and offered Vivian the Fate Element Soul Defense Supreme Artifact, which Vivian asked him to keep for her.
• Hela claimed the Material Defense Artifact and transformed it from the August Garden into a palace, while Vivian reaffirmed that she did not want to claim the Soul Defense Artifact yet.
• Vivian said the High-level Sovereign Sparks of Light and Fate belonged to Lincoln and the Destruction High-level Sovereign Spark belonged to Hela, then Hela demanded to know what agreement Vivian and Lincoln had made without her.

After defeating Orf, Augusta, and Uterede, Lincoln settled the distribution of the Sovereign Sparks with Hela and Vivian, then declared himself foremost among the Sovereign Gods. The gathered Sovereign Gods accepted his rule, and Lucy reinforced his authority by turning over the Sparks taken from three fleeing gods.

• Lincoln explained to Hela that Vivian had suggested acting against Orf and Augusta, and Hela warned him not to leave her out of important decisions again.
• Lincoln traded the High-level Sovereign Spark of Fate for the Destruction High-level Sovereign Spark and accepted the Fire Lesser Sovereign Spark recovered from Augusta's spatial ring.
• Lincoln summoned the Sovereign Gods, explained Orf's circumstances, and declared that anyone who refused to acknowledge his supremacy would be his enemy.
• Lucy urged the hesitant Sovereign Gods to follow Lincoln, and they eventually congratulated him in unison on commanding them and ruling the planes.
• Lucy told Lincoln that Joseph, Aridona, and Manlu had tried to escape and presented the Sovereign Sparks recovered from them; Diya and Hullei also handed over two Sparks.

Lincoln spared Laifu but announced a Sovereign Grand Ceremony in a hundred years to establish binding rules, assigning Laifu to organize it and Lucy to oversee him. In the Underworld, Vivian explained to Hela that she had considered taking the Defensive Supreme Artifacts but feared Lincoln, and Hela questioned why she had supported killing Orf.

• Lucy asked Lincoln to punish the Orf Faction for its past disrespect, and Laifu knelt to beg for leniency.
• Lincoln spared Laifu for the time being, warned him that future conduct would decide his punishment, and ordered him to arrange a Sovereign Grand Ceremony in a hundred years.
• Lincoln required every Chief God to attend the ceremony and threatened death for those who refused, then placed Lucy in charge of ensuring Laifu followed his orders.
• Hela and Vivian returned to the Underworld, where Hela asked why Vivian had declined a Defensive Supreme Artifact despite her contributions.
• Vivian admitted she had considered binding both Defensive Supreme Artifacts but feared Lincoln and said she wanted to draw closer to him; Hela asked why she had proposed killing Orf.

Vivian and Hela discussed Lincoln’s ambitions, the Plane War, and the danger of the Overgods intervening, while Lincoln remained with Aier and their family in the Water Divine Plane. A hundred years later, Lincoln’s newly built Star Mountain stood ready in Heaven, though its name plaques remained blank.

• Vivian explained that she had given Lincoln a Defensive Supreme Artifact and encouraged him to kill Orf so Lincoln would understand her feelings.
• Hela warned Vivian that the Overgods might intervene if Lincoln gained too much Willpower, and Vivian said she wanted Orf alive so she could see beyond the Sovereigns and protect her unborn child.
• Lincoln and Aier talked about Harry and Ninisha, then Lincoln sensed Augusta’s death and summoned their family and allies to Aier Island for a gathering three days later.
• A hundred years later, Star Mountain had been completed in Heaven with buildings based on Lincoln’s designs, while Lincoln left its mountain gate and main hall plaques unnamed.
• Eleven Peak Asuras from different Laws and Rules guarded Star Mountain’s gate and welcomed visitors.

Magnus arrived at Star Mountain hoping to attend Lincoln’s Sovereign Grand Ceremony, but the Asuras guarding the entrance told him he was not on the invitation list. Lincoln noticed Magnus and allowed him in, while Laifu prepared to begin the ceremony.

• Destiny, Krakxi, Vittorio, and the other Asuras discussed the Sovereigns gathered at Star Mountain as Magnus approached the entrance.
• Magnus declared that he would force his way in, and Vittorio and the other Asuras prepared to stop him.
• Lincoln saw Magnus through his Divine Sense and sent word to the gatekeepers to let him enter.
• The Asuras’ Sovereign’s Might dispersed, allowing Magnus to climb the mountain despite their objections.
• Magnus introduced himself as a Destiny Paragon Highgod and asked to enter, but the mountain gate repelled his attempt to send in his Divine Sense.
• Lincoln told Laifu to begin the ceremony, and Laifu went to the plaza where the Bronze Giant Bell and its Black Ironwood Bell Hammer stood.

Lincoln held his first God King Ceremony and declared himself the sole ruler above all Sovereigns and gods, beneath only the Overgod. With Hela and Vivian supporting him and the Sovereigns largely silent, he renamed Star Mountain and established God King Palace as the foremost holy site.

• The Sovereigns gathered in the hall as Lincoln appeared in the central seat beside Aier, startling them with his ability to arrive unseen.
• Lincoln called the gathering his God King Ceremony, and the Sovereigns raised their cups to celebrate.
• Lincoln announced that he was the only God King and claimed authority over all Sovereigns and gods, with the power to punish anyone who defied him.
• Hela and Vivian endorsed Lincoln's new rule, while Lucy praised his plan to restore the Sovereigns' duty to manage the planes.
• Lincoln renamed Star Mountain God King Mountain, its territory God King Palace, and the hall God King Hall.

Lincoln formalized the positions of God King, God Queen, and the God King's family, then established the rank of Grand Sovereign and new rules for authority and governance. The Chief Gods accepted his proposals without objection as he set out how future decisions and meetings would work.

• Lincoln declared Aier the God Queen and said Daniel, Aier and Hela’s children, and his future children would receive Chief God status and rights.
• Diya and Hullei supported Lincoln’s proposal, and Aier and Daniel thanked the Chief Gods for their support while Hela remained silent.
• Lincoln created the rank of Grand Sovereign for Paragon High-Level Chief Gods and above, and redefined who could hold the title of Sovereign.
• Lincoln set Sovereign Envoy quotas for the different ranks and asserted that he could take as many Envoys as he wished before agreeing to Hela’s proposed limit of eighty-eight.
• Lincoln assigned territorial divisions to the Sovereigns and Grand Sovereigns and established a process for discussing major matters before his final decision.
• Lincoln ordered the Chief Gods to leave Summoning Scrolls in the God King Hall so the God King Army could summon their Energy Avatars to future meetings.

Lincoln proposed ending forceful religious expansion in the Material Planes and warned that Faith Power could only help beings reach the peak of Asura. He then turned to the matter of new Chief Gods, drawing attention to the Sovereign Sparks he held.

• Lincoln explained that the Overgods had kept powerful beings out of the Material Planes and established the Plane Battlefield to control their growing numbers.
• Lincoln recounted how the Church of Light had taken a soul offered to him, leading to a battle in which three Chief Sovereigns fell.
• Lincoln banned churches from using force to spread faith and ordered the Chief Gods to have their followers win believers without violence.
• The Chief Gods agreed to change their churches’ methods, though they privately doubted Lincoln’s claims about Faith Power and Paragons.
• Hela said Lincoln had given her a precious gift that helped her become a Paragon, and Lincoln then introduced the question of new Chief Gods while holding several Sovereign Sparks.

Lincoln bestowed Sovereign Sparks on Daniel and Teluzake, naming Daniel the Light Sovereign and granting Teluzake the Destruction High-level Sovereign Spark. As Teluzake accepted the gift, he vowed to remain Lincoln’s disciple and weapon.

• Lincoln revealed seven Sovereign Sparks and explained that he would put them to use.
• Lincoln granted Daniel the High-level Sovereign Spark of Light, and Daniel refined it before the assembled Chief Gods.
• The refining caused a display of Sovereign’s Might over God King Mountain, which the gatekeeper Asuras recognized as the creation of a new Sovereign.
• Magnus saw the spectacle while rushing toward the summit and used his Paragon abilities to evade the guards.
• Lincoln summoned Teluzake and granted him the Destruction High-level Sovereign Spark in recognition of his service and loyalty.
• Teluzake knelt and thanked Lincoln and Madam, vowing to remain Lincoln’s disciple and weapon.

Teluzake became a Life Chief God, then Lincoln bestowed a Fire Sovereign Spark on Palhouse, who began refining it. The ceremony left Magnus rushing toward the hall as the sky turned fiery red for the third time.

• Teluzake refined the Life Sovereign Spark and became a Chief God, while Roman regretted not pledging allegiance to Lincoln earlier.
• Lincoln arranged a seat for Teluzake, who joined the gathering as the other Chief Gods congratulated him.
• Lincoln chose a red jade box and called Palhouse forward, revealing Palhouse's Fire Divine Clone to the surprised Chief Gods.
• Lincoln gave Palhouse the Fire Lesser Sovereign Spark in recognition of his service and promised help in upcoming Plane Wars.
• Palhouse dripped blood onto the spark and began refining it as the sky turned red, while Magnus hurried toward the hall.

Linley completed his Sovereign Spark distribution and declared that Palhouse would fight in the next three Plane Wars. Magnus then presented Linley with a battered crown that Linley recognized as the indestructible Wutie Crown, an Overgod Token that had appeared far earlier than it should have.

• Linley gave Palhouse a Sovereign Spark and ordered him to participate in the next three Plane Wars, while the Sovereigns pledged to obey.
• Linley ended the distribution, reserving the remaining Sovereign Sparks for future use.
• Magnus entered the hall and presented Linley with Invisible Mist and a broken crown as gifts.
• Linley recognized the crown as the Wutie Crown and tested it with the Destruction Overgod Spear, but the crown remained unharmed.
• Linley realized that the Overgod Token had appeared far too early, confirming that fate had changed.

Lincoln issued his first God King Decree, ordering the Chief Gods to find the remaining Overgod Mission tokens and hand over all future mission rewards. Magnus asked for a Fate Sovereign Spark, but when Lincoln revealed that Hela owned the High-level Sovereign Spark of Fate, Magnus named Sidalet as the one who had told him about it, provoking Sidalet to attack.

• Lincoln declared the Wutie Crown an Overgod Mission token and ordered the Chief Gods to search for the Red Crystal Diamond and Nine Spirit Pearls, promising a reward while threatening anyone who concealed a token.
• Lincoln demanded that the Chief Gods surrender the prizes from this and every future Overgod Mission, including any Supreme Artifacts they obtained.
• Magnus offered the Invisible Mist and asked Lincoln for a Fate Sovereign Spark, but Lincoln refused to kill a Fate Sovereign and revealed that Hela owned the High-level Sovereign Spark of Fate.
• Lincoln asked Magnus who had told him about the Fate Sovereign Spark and allowed him to leave, but Magnus hesitated over whether to expose his informant.
• Magnus identified Sidalet, the Fate Intermediate Sovereign, as his source, and Sidalet angrily attacked him with a ball of light.

Lincoln killed Sidalet after Magnus accused him, then awarded Magnus the Fate Sovereign Spark and announced that he would control all Overgod Missions. Twenty-six thousand years later, Aier gave birth to their daughter Audrey, whose birth left Aier’s soul weakened.

• Sidalet attacked Magnus, but Lincoln stopped the strike and killed Sidalet for his offenses.
• Lincoln told Magnus he had known about Sidalet’s actions and warned him to keep the identity of the Sovereign who contacted him secret.
• Lincoln gave Sidalet’s Fate Sovereign Spark to Magnus, who refined it and became a Fate Sovereign.
• Aier reminded Lincoln to announce his fourth matter, and Lincoln declared that all Overgod Missions would require his permission and management.
• Twenty-six thousand years later, Aier gave birth to Audrey and suffered severe soul weakness that only time could heal.
• Aier named their daughter Audrey, while Lincoln regretted allowing the birth to leave Aier so weak.

Lincoln and Vivian tried to dissuade Hela from giving birth to Hades, fearing the danger to her body, but Hela refused. Ten thousand years later, Hades was born and left Hela weakened, while Lincoln arrived and sensed that the child had a wholly human aura.

• Lincoln warned Hela that giving birth could irreversibly weaken her, but Hela insisted the child was hers and chose to continue the pregnancy.
• Lincoln named the unborn child Hades, angering Hela, who said she would help him become Zeus if the day came.
• Vivian urged Lincoln to let Hela decide, and Lincoln explained the myth of Cronus, Hades, and Zeus to her.
• Audrey grew up with exceptional Life Law talent and gained a weakened version of Lincoln's Innate Divine Ability, but her bloodline did not awaken a talent for another Law.
• Ten thousand years later, Hades was born on Nether Mountain, leaving Hela's Death Chief Sovereign Clone, Water Sovereign Clone, and Saint Original Body's soul weakened.
• Lincoln arrived after the birth and, sensing Hades's pure human aura, grew more certain of his assessment.

Lincoln and Hela discussed their newborn son Hades’s talents and future, while Hades and Audrey arrived at the Plane Battlefield. The siblings headed for the Water Divine Plane’s base as another pair emerged from the passageway.

• Hela teased Lincoln about Hades’s talent for the Death Rules, and they agreed they wanted to help their son advance beyond Saint-level.
• Lincoln said he would invite Daniel and Audrey to visit Hades, while he and Hela dismissed Vivian’s suggestion that Hades might share Daniel’s circumstances.
• Hades and Audrey traveled through the passageway to the Plane Battlefield, where Hades warned his sister about the dangers of its spatial rifts and Spatial Turbulence.
• Audrey bragged that Chief Gods would answer her Summoning Scrolls, while Hades said he could defend himself as a Peak Asura.
• A red-haired young woman welcomed Audrey and Hades and offered to guide them to the Water Divine Plane’s base.
• A middle-aged, green-haired man and a man with upright white eyebrows emerged from the spatial passageway.

Audrey and Hades arrived at the Water Divine Plane’s camp and met its commanders, but a quarrel over their welcome prompted Audrey to attack. The chapter ended with her unleashing her power to bind everyone in the tent.

• Palhouse sent Bayer to protect Audrey and Hades while he went to scout the enemy forces.
• Momoxi brought Audrey and Hades to the commanders’ tent, where they met Kundel, the Deep Sea Lord.
• Kundel and Tuwei argued over Kundel’s Sovereign Artifacts, and Tuwei warned Audrey to stay away from him.
• Hades tried to turn the gathering toward planning for the Plane War, but Black Mountain mocked him for suggesting they fight together.
• Audrey grew angry at the commanders’ insults and released green shoots that spread through the tent to bind everyone.

Audrey and Hades fought Feikalo and the other experts after a dispute, overwhelming their attacks with Sovereign's Might and powerful defenses. Bayer intervened to stop the battle, but Palhouse killed the Treant after it speculated that the siblings' Sovereign Artifacts came from a fallen Sovereign.

• Audrey attacked Tuwei, Kundel, Black Mountain, and the other experts, while Tuwei insisted she had only warned Audrey's brother about Black Mountain.
• Hades unleashed Snake Spirits, and the experts answered with Sovereign's Might before their physical and soul attacks on Audrey and Hades had no effect.
• Feikalo and the others tried to flee, but Bayer warned them that the Sovereigns would hold them accountable and asked both sides to hear them out.
• Hades persuaded Audrey to stop attacking, and he told Bayer they were participating in the Plane War as ordinary combatants, not as Highnesses.
• Tuwei and the Treant speculated about how Audrey and Hades had obtained their defensive Sovereign Artifacts, and Palhouse killed the Treant for speaking irreverently of a Sovereign.