Chapter Summaries

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.

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.