Chapter Summaries

Lincoln defeated Valeria and, after Augusta revealed that he had a Sovereign Artifact Body, disclosed that he had completed six Overgod Missions, including two from the Fate Overgod. The revelation left the gathered gods speculating about what reward Lincoln had received.

• The Misty Circular Light pierced Valeria’s defenses and killed her, and the Splendid Rose landed in Augusta’s hands.
• Orf urged Augusta to learn more about Lincoln, and Augusta proposed trading a secret for one of Lincoln’s.
• Augusta revealed that Orf had helped him obtain a Sovereign Artifact Body, surprising the Chief Gods and earning their applause.
• Lincoln explained that the Overgods issued missions and revealed that he had completed six, including the second mission from the Fate Overgod.
• The Chief Gods speculated about whether Lincoln’s mission reward was a Supreme Artifact and what kind he might have chosen.

Lincoln’s Overgod Mission revealed that he had completed the sixth mission, while the Chief Gods speculated about who had completed the fifth. At Giant Whale Island, Lincoln used his concealed Darkness Divine Clone to attack the Four Divine Beasts after they struck down Valeria.

• Orf realized Lincoln had obtained the Dark Mid-level Sovereign Spark through an Overgod Mission, and Lincoln refused to reveal his reward.
• Lincoln emphasized that he had completed the sixth Overgod Mission, prompting the Chief Gods to wonder who had completed the fifth.
• Augusta secretly worried that Lincoln had discovered that he and Orf had completed the fifth mission together, but Lincoln moved on without exposing them.
• The four Leiding brothers transformed back into human form after their combined attack on Valeria, and Leiding reached for her with a claw of Sovereign’s Might.
• Lincoln’s Darkness Laws restrained the brothers, and they recognized that he was attacking them from concealment.
• Lincoln revealed that he had already been a Paragon of Darkness when he first met the Chief Gods and accused the Four Divine Beasts of killing Valeria without cause.

Lincoln trapped and defeated the Four Divine Beasts, avenging Neptune and leaving Valeria alive. The chapter ended with him telling Valeria that the Four Divine Beasts were no more.

• The Four Divine Beasts tried to bargain with Lincoln and accused Valeria of provoking them, but Lincoln said she had not ordered Palhouse to kill Gaia.
• Lincoln appeared before Leiding and the others, and they unleashed their combined Innate Divine Ability against him.
• Lincoln remained unharmed, then swallowed the Four Divine Beasts with a colossal maw of World Destruction.
• Lincoln returned to Valeria at the Heavenly One Palace and told her that Neptune had been avenged and the Four Divine Beasts were no more.

Valeria accepted the Sovereign Spark and agreed to reclaim her position, while Lincoln rigged a game among the Sovereigns to make Palhouse reveal a secret. Palhouse described a powerful Black Lotus that might be the token for the Fifth Overgod Mission, and Teresia recalled it had been taken to the Light Divine Plane.

• Lincoln offered Valeria a Sovereign Spark and urged her to reclaim her position so she could destroy the Four Divine Beasts Clan; Valeria accepted the Spark and agreed.
• The Deity-level beings near Tianqing Island witnessed the sky fill with Wind Element and mistook the phenomenon for another Sovereign battle.
• Lincoln secretly rigged the Drum-Passing Flower game so Palhouse would be left holding the Splendid Rose, then invited him to share a secret or perform.
• Palhouse revealed that he had once seen a powerful Black Lotus in a Highgod's possession and suspected it was an Overgod Token.
• Teresia recalled investigating the Black Lotus and said his messenger had last reported it being taken to the Light Divine Plane.

The Sovereigns debated who had found the Black Lotus, while Lincoln traveled to the Underworld and refined a Water Sovereign Spark, becoming the Water Chief Sovereign. He then headed with Valeria toward Nether Mountain, where Hela noticed their arrival.

• Vivian questioned the Light Sovereigns about the Black Lotus, and Belsik denied that they had ever found it as Augusta avoided everyone's gaze.
• Lincoln and Valeria arrived at Undead Saint Mountain, where Valeria's song put the soldiers and visitors to sleep.
• Dark Lincoln arrived through a second Teleportation Array and gave Water Lincoln a Water Sovereign Spark.
• Water Lincoln refined the Spark and declared himself the Water Chief Sovereign, while Valeria congratulated him.
• Lincoln and Valeria set off for Nether Mountain in a Metal Lifeform.
• At Nether Mountain, Hela spotted Lincoln and Valeria on the Battle Projection and exclaimed in surprise.

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.