Chapter Summaries

After completing the Fate Overgod's mission, Lincoln asked for several rewards and was refused until he requested an unrefined Sovereign Spark. He chose the Mid-level Darkness Sovereign Spark and began refining it, with his Divine Clones and Original Body entering his Soul Space.

• Lincoln reunited with his black-haired Divine Clone, and they combined the Orb of Destiny, Wings of Freedom, and Scepter of Fortune into the Scepter of Heavenly Mandate.
• The Fate Overgod appeared and confirmed that Lincoln had completed the mission, offering to grant one request.
• Lincoln asked to transcend the universe, become its unrivaled ruler, and make all his Divine Clones High-Level Chief Gods, but the Fate Overgod refused each request and explained the world's laws.
• Lincoln asked for all unrefined Sovereign Sparks, and the Fate Overgod told him he could choose one of four.
• Lincoln chose the Mid-level Darkness Sovereign Spark, began refining it, and his other Divine Clones and Original Body entered his Soul Space.

After refining a Mid-level Sovereign Spark, Lincoln became a Sovereign and asserted his rule over the Chainis Plane. He reunited with Aier and explained that he had spent eight thousand years searching for the spark, though she doubted his account.

• Lincoln sensed the Willpower and Faith Power gained from becoming a Sovereign, but still could not fuse the final Mysteries.
• Lincoln announced to Aier that he had become a Sovereign and would abolish the Azure Sea's forbidden zone and rule the Chainis Plane.
• Aier explained Sovereigns to the Deities, and Lincoln ordered every Deity to leave the plane within a year or face the Plane Prison or Spatial Turbulence.
• Lincoln dismissed the Deities and privately told Aier he had spent eight thousand years searching for a Sovereign Spark.
• Aier questioned Lincoln's story, noting that she doubted he would have left a Sovereign Spark unused for eight thousand years.

Lincoln revealed that he had taken the Sovereign Spark from a man without a Darkness Divine Clone and used its willpower to empower his Divine Clones. He ordered Richier to clear Chines of Divine Clones and traveled to the Life Divine Realm to visit the Chief Sovereign, where Weibar reminded him to bow.

• Lincoln explained to Aier why he had waited to seize the Sovereign Spark and why he had ordered Deity-level beings to leave Chines.
• Lincoln took Richier from the Valley of Ruin to Orchid Ice Island, where his Divine Clones merged with him and received willpower from the Sovereign Spark.
• Lincoln ordered Richier to persuade all Deity-level beings to leave Chines, guard the Plane Teleportation Array, and ensure no Divine Clones remained in the plane.
• Lincoln warned Richier to keep his status as a Chief God secret, then sent his Wind Divine Clone to the Life Divine Realm.
• Lincoln visited the Chief Sovereign in Dawn Prefecture, and Weibar interrupted him to remind him that he had not bowed.

Lincoln returned Vivian’s Main God Token and Sovereign Artifact after becoming a Darkness Chief God, then explained how he obtained the Sovereign Spark. He asked Vivian to help him acquire Sovereign Artifacts and Sovereign’s Might as he pursued greater strength.

• Lincoln told Vivian he had become a Chief God and returned her Main God Token and Sovereign Artifact.
• Vivian questioned Lincoln about receiving Augusta’s Darkness Sovereign Spark, but Lincoln swore he had found it in a Material Plane and had no Chief God’s help.
• Vivian accepted Lincoln’s explanation, congratulated him, and warned that he should visit the Life Divine Realm and take care around Augusta.
• Lincoln explained that he was studying Faith Power and gathering Sovereign’s Might to advance toward becoming a Paragon.
• Vivian praised Lincoln’s ambitions, and Lincoln asked her to help him obtain Sovereign Artifacts and Sovereign’s Might of other elements.

Lincoln received Sovereign Artifacts, a Main God Token, and supplies from Vivian before leaving as her Sovereign Envoy. Vivian then told the red-haired girl that Lincoln had become an Intermediate Sovereign, and they discussed Augusta’s likely pursuit of him and the rarity of Paragon Sovereigns.

• Vivian gave Lincoln a Main God Token, a Sovereign Artifact, and Sovereign Powers, and warned him about the Sovereign Pact’s restrictions.
• Lincoln reflected on why he had chosen Vivian as his Sovereign rather than Orf, the Death Chief Sovereign, or the Destruction Chief Sovereign.
• After Lincoln left, Vivian traveled to Nether Mountain and met the red-haired girl, asking Iwina to leave them alone.
• Vivian explained that Lincoln had gained the Dark Mid-level Sovereign Spark and become an Intermediate Sovereign, though Augusta would likely come after him.
• Vivian said Lincoln had left his Sovereign Clone in the Material Plane and sent only a Divine Clone to see her, while the red-haired girl recalled that only five Sovereigns had ever become Paragons.

Vivian warned the Red-Haired Girl that Lincoln’s seven Divine Clones could make him a threat to the Sovereigns, and they discussed ways to stop him. Lincoln enjoyed time with Aier before the Death Chief Sovereign appeared before his Dark Sovereign Clone.

• Vivian told the Red-Haired Girl that Lincoln had seven Divine Clones and explained that each could gain a full portion of Willpower from a Sovereign Spark.
• Vivian proposed having Augusta kill Lincoln or luring him into hunting Chief Gods so they could retaliate; the Red-Haired Girl remained silent.
• Lincoln equipped his Divine Clones with Sovereign Artifacts, went fishing with Aier, and said he would call back the younger generation to delegate duties.
• The Red-Haired Girl remarked to Iwina that Lincoln had seven Divine Clones, then decided to go for a stroll.
• Lincoln sensed Death Sovereign Power while dining with Aier, and the Red-Haired Girl appeared as an Energy Avatar before his Dark Sovereign Clone on Orchid Ice Island.

Lincoln hosted Hela, the Death Chief Sovereign, as she toured the Chainis Plane and investigated its origins and Lincoln’s history. He began recounting how he was born as the plane’s first life, leaving his story unfinished.

• Hela introduced herself to Lincoln and asked him to treat her to fish, then traveled around the Chainis Plane with him.
• Lincoln sent his Water Divine Clone to show Hela the continent while his Light God Clone settled in the Darkness Divine Plane near a distant mountain range.
• After a hundred years of touring, Hela teased Lincoln about the heroic deeds he had carried out in the plane’s past.
• Hela revealed that the Chainis Plane was a newborn plane first recorded ten million years ago and that Lincoln was likely its first life.
• Hela described Lincoln’s rapid rise to power, and Lincoln began recounting how he was born as a Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python on the still-expanding plane.

Lincoln learned from Hela that Aikes, the previous Dark Sovereign, had been killed through a scheme by Dark and Augusta, and he reflected on how to deal with Augusta and Orf. More than two hundred years later, Lincoln used his Dark Sovereign Power to create a plane, gaining insight into the laws of darkness while still short of fully fusing all six Mysteries.

• Lincoln explained to Hela how his innate ability, Whale-Swallow Silkworm-Eat, helped him advance from a Mid-God to a Highgod, though he failed to become a Paragon after ten million years.
• Hela revealed that Aikes, a Paragon of the Laws of Darkness, had been killed after he offended both Dark and Augusta, who joined forces against him.
• Lincoln realized Augusta might have possessed techniques to increase his strength and considered the problem of dealing with him and Orf.
• Hela's Energy Avatar dissipated after she encouraged Lincoln to cultivate diligently.
• More than two hundred years later, Lincoln entered Spatial Turbulence and released three hundred years' worth of Dark Sovereign Power to create a newborn plane.
• Lincoln comprehended the formation of the dark elements but had not yet fully fused Infinite Zone and Evil Mystery with his other Mysteries.

Lincoln sent Harvey and his four brothers to search for the Yulan Plane, agreed to have a child with Aier, and gave her a defensive Sovereign Artifact. After waiting over twelve hundred years at the Black Gold Hotel, Lincoln sensed Black returning and sent Percy to confront him.

• Lincoln gave Harvey and his four brothers ten drops of Sovereign's Might and tasked them with finding the Yulan Plane, offering another hundred drops to whoever found it.
• Aier told Lincoln she wanted to have a child, and Lincoln agreed before advising her to choose a Material Defense Sovereign Artifact.
• Lincoln gave Aier golden-threaded soft armor, Sovereign's Might, and three Summoning Scrolls, and she bonded with the armor.
• At the Black Gold Hotel, Percy told Lincoln he had become a Five-Star Night Demon after learning from him for a few hundred years.
• After waiting more than twelve hundred years, Lincoln sensed Black returning and used holy light to persuade Percy to go after him.
• Black returned to the peak of the Darkness Mountain Range while considering whether an arrow his Darkness Divine Clone had found could pierce a defensive Sovereign Artifact.

Black attacked Percy for insulting him, but Lincoln intervened and fought Black. Lincoln overwhelmed him and banished him into the Spatial Turbulence.

• Black struck Percy with soul attacks and tortured him while trying to search his memories.
• Lincoln arrived and ordered Black to release Percy, but Black hurled Percy into Lincoln's Seven-Star Heaven, killing him.
• Lincoln challenged Black and used his Laws of Light and Sovereign's Might to break through Black's attacks.
• Black survived Lincoln's strongest ranged attacks with a Material Defense Sovereign Artifact, then Lincoln closed in with Lost Paradise.
• Lincoln kicked Black into the air, opened a spatial rift, and banished him into the Spatial Turbulence.

Lincoln lured Black to the Chainis Plane and revealed that he had become a Sovereign, then killed Black with his Sovereign Clone’s Innate Divine Ability. After a hundred years, the Laws of Heaven and Earth transformed Lincoln’s soul, and he awakened with greater power.

• Black returned to the Darkness Mountain Range, vowed to kill Lincoln, and asked Obike to learn where Lincoln was.
• Lincoln killed Richier for defying his warning and sent Aier away from the Chainis Plane while he prepared for Black’s arrival.
• Ten years later, Black traveled to the Chainis Plane, scanned it with Sovereign’s Might, and found Lincoln’s Light Divine Clone.
• Lincoln trapped Black in the Infinite Zone and revealed his Sovereign power before his giant python clone swallowed Black’s soul.
• Lincoln’s other Divine Clones guarded his weakened Sovereign Clone for a hundred years until the Laws of Heaven and Earth transformed his soul and he awakened stronger.

Lincoln killed Black in the Spatial Turbulence, concealed the truth about his rise, and claimed Black’s spatial ring. As he returned to the Chainis Plane, he reflected on the hidden power and limits of his innate ability to devour souls and gain insight into Laws and Mysteries.

• Lincoln confronted Black near the Darkness Divine Plane and refused to explain why he had deceived him.
• Lincoln killed Black’s Death Divine Clone, and Spatial Turbulence destroyed Black’s remaining body after the Material Defense Sovereign Artifact drifted free.
• Lincoln claimed Black’s spatial ring and decided to keep his methods secret so he could control the story of Black’s death.
• Lincoln considered his new strength and the risks of hunting other Chief Gods, then quietly returned to the Chainis Plane without using a teleportation array.
• Lincoln revealed that his innate ability could devour a same-level opponent’s soul and absorb their insights, but that the power had strict conditions and serious drawbacks.

Lincoln arrived in the Heavenly Realm intending to visit the Chief Sovereigns and investigate the threat connected to Augusta. After killing one Mid-God who insulted him and sparing the others, he reached Orf’s August Garden and asked the attendants to announce him.

• Lincoln decided to visit Orf, Hela, and Uterede before seeking Sovereign Envoys, while Aier stayed in the Water Divine Plane with her Wind Divine Clone.
• At a teleportation site on the Nate Continent, Mid-Gods threatened and mistreated newly arrived Saint-level beings and Deities as a Star Quake shook the land.
• Lincoln emerged from the Material Plane teleportation array, and the tall, thin Mid-God nervously explained his remark about newcomers coming to die.
• Lincoln killed the tall, thin Mid-God with Radiant Divine Power, then spared the burly Mid-God and knocked out a talented Mid-God who resisted his soul attack.
• Lincoln flew to Orf’s August Garden and asked the attendants to announce his arrival as the Dark Sovereign.

Lincoln met with Orf and the assembled Darkness Sovereigns after becoming a Dark Sovereign, explaining how he obtained the Sovereign Spark and denying that he had reached Paragon level. Orf restrained Augusta from attacking Lincoln, but the gathering ended with Aridona questioning Lincoln’s choice to visit through an ordinary Divine Clone.

• Lincoln arrived at Orf’s residence, where Orf welcomed him and assembled the six Darkness Sovereigns.
• Lincoln said he had discovered the Sovereign Spark in a Material Plane, swore an oath before the Overgod of Destruction, and had not become a Paragon.
• Augusta accused Lincoln of taking his Sovereign Spark and urged Orf to let him kill Lincoln, but Orf warned that doing so would violate the Sovereign Pact.
• Orf privately told Augusta that the Overgods might have removed the Spark from his spatial ring and urged him to leave Lincoln alone; Augusta agreed not to take the Spark but demanded that Lincoln pay a price.
• Aridona challenged Lincoln for visiting Orf with an ordinary Divine Clone and asked when he had planned to pay his respects to Dark.

Lincoln sought the Sovereigns’ protection against Augusta, and Orf convened a Sovereign Conference to determine whether Lincoln’s rise violated the Sovereign Pact. The conference’s attendees ruled in Lincoln’s favor, leaving Augusta to give his response.

• Orf agreed to convene a Sovereign Conference, and Lincoln set out for Star Mountain while his Divine Clones visited the Rule Sovereigns.
• Hela and Vivian discussed Lincoln’s cautious nature before his Water Divine Clone arrived to thank Hela.
• More than sixty Sovereigns gathered on Star Mountain, where Orf recounted how Lincoln had obtained his Sovereign Spark.
• Death Chief Sovereign, Orf, Uterede, Vivian, and six Law Sovereigns agreed that Lincoln had not violated the Sovereign Pact and Augusta could not use it to hunt him.
• Orf asked Augusta to state his opinion, and Augusta remained silent until then.

Lincoln deflected Augusta’s attempt to claim a favor by offering Orf a mysterious black arrow, which proved valuable enough for Orf to accept. After leaving the Chief Gods’ gathering, Lincoln returned to the Underworld and checked on his plans and the Nether Fruit Tree.

• Augusta pressed Lincoln to owe him a favor, but Lincoln insisted that he owed one to Orf and declined Augusta’s challenge to fight.
• Orf offered Lincoln compensation, and Lincoln gave him a black arrow that could scratch a Material Defense Sovereign Artifact and withstand an Attack Main God Artifact.
• Orf tested the arrow against Sovereign Artifacts and accepted it, while the Chief Gods mingled and Lincoln identified several of them.
• Lincoln declined Orf’s invitation to visit August Garden and flew from Nate Continent’s teleportation array to the Underworld.
• Lincoln scanned the Underworld with his Sovereign’s Might and concluded that the Nether Fruit Tree was likely the final Life Chief God.

Lincoln returned to Nether Mountain and learned that Orf might be far more dangerous than he had assumed, prompting him to consider seeking more Sovereign Sparks. Hela asked him to stay longer, and he remained for another quarter of an hour before leaving.

• Hela sent Iwina to welcome Lincoln when he returned to Nether Mountain, and she questioned why Orf had taken an interest in him.
• Lincoln told Hela and Vivian that he did not wish to revive his former companions, who had died after becoming gods.
• Hela explained that Orf coveted Lincoln's Quintessence Blood and warned that his Willpower, powerful body, and research might make him stronger than the other Rule Sovereigns.
• Lincoln considered refining more Sovereign Sparks and avoided challenging Orf while he lacked a way to counter Orf's Defensive Supreme Artifact.
• Vivian left, and Lincoln took his leave after reflecting on his past; Hela asked him to sit longer, so he stayed another quarter of an hour.

Lincoln renamed Kes Continent and its army, then went to Hell to recruit Pusluo as his Sovereign Envoy. He freed Pusluo by killing Alikein and faced the Volcano Giant after the golden kitten vanished.

• Lincoln ordered Legion Commander Buklo to rename Kes Continent as Bian Continent, rename the Kes Army as the Bian Army, restore discipline, and report on missionary activity.
• Lincoln traveled to Mirror Moon Cliff in Hell and contacted Pusluo, who was disguised as Alikein's golden kitten.
• Lincoln spoke with Zijing, who welcomed him to visit the Amethyst Mountains and Chainis Plane.
• Pusluo told Lincoln that he had fused five Mysteries, and Lincoln appeared before him and Alikein.
• Lincoln instantly destroyed Alikein's Divine Clones and Saint Original Body, freeing Pusluo from his golden-kitten form.

Lincoln tested Pusluo’s strength, revealed himself as the Dark Sovereign, and appointed him Sovereign Envoy. He gave Pusluo an axe-shaped Attack Main God Artifact and assigned him missions in the Darkness Divine Plane and Hell.

• Lincoln fought Pusluo using Laws and Mysteries, then restrained him with Corrupting Touch and analyzed his attacks.
• Lincoln revealed that he was the Dark Sovereign and invited Pusluo to become his Sovereign Envoy.
• Pusluo accepted the appointment and chose an Attack Main God Artifact, receiving an axe, Fire Element Sovereign Power, and Dark Sovereign Power.
• Lincoln ordered Pusluo to work with Buklo to rebuild faith in the Darkness Divine Plane and drive out heretics and followers of other Chief Gods.
• Lincoln also ordered Pusluo to watch for unusual divine beasts in Hell, especially those of the Darkness Element, and report any sightings.

Lincoln visited Chief God Zijing in the Amethyst Mountains and drank Amethyst Spirit Liquid, which cleared the Soul Fragments from his soul and sharpened his grasp of the Laws. He left grateful for the unexpected benefit and with his comprehension restored.

• Lincoln ordered Pusluo to find Bobo, teach him to grow strong, and protect him without revealing Lincoln's existence.
• Lincoln changed course and traveled by Metal Lifeform to the Amethyst Mountains to visit Chief God Zijing.
• Zijing explained that Amethyst Spirit Liquid came from Amethyst Jade Essence and could temporarily improve soul comprehension, then offered Lincoln a cup.
• Lincoln's Metal Lifeform passed through the Mist Sea as nearby travelers and Amethyst Monsters fell asleep before they could threaten him.
• Lincoln drank the Amethyst Spirit Liquid, which dissolved the Soul Fragments in his soul and made his understanding of the Laws clearer.
• Lincoln thanked Zijing and considered using his restored comprehension to develop new techniques.