Recaps

Garen arrived in Starfire City and met City Lord Stewart and Alex, who mistook him for an Asura-level powerhouse. Alex offered to arrange a Fiend Badge for him without an assessment, and Garen accepted as they talked about the Infernal Realm’s powers and its strongest figures.

• Stewart told Alex about Garen’s strength and promised return, and the two spent the night discussing their cultivation.
• Garen arrived at the City Lord’s Mansion, where Stewart and Alex welcomed him with unusual respect.
• Garen explained that he had come to Starfire City to get Fiend Badges for himself and his female companions.
• Alex offered to arrange Garen’s Fiend Badge directly, and Garen accepted.
• Alex summoned Isa from the Fiend Castle with a Soul Reflection Stone while Garen spoke with Stewart and Alex about profound mysteries and powerful figures across the planes.

After becoming a One-Star Fiend, Garen received and named a mysterious token the Huaxia Order, which revealed itself as a faction system with an enormous pool of experience. The token remained only partly activated, requiring Garen to become the lord of a prefecture to unlock more of its functions.

• Garen registered as a One-Star Fiend and received a Nameless Token from the system.
• Garen named the token the Huaxia Order, and it transformed to display a dragon and a White Tiger while creating a mysterious inner space.
• Garen discovered that the Huaxia Order contained an Experience Orb with ten billion experience points, ten Affiliated System slots, and a book of mythical beasts whose entries were still dim.
• Garen learned that the token required him to become the lord of a prefecture to unlock more functions, and that Jenny, Little Dragon, Little White, and Xiao Pa already occupied four slots.
• Garen transferred one billion experience points into his Wind-style Four-fold Profound Mystery Fusion and deposited his Experience Cards into the orb.

Garen used his experience to fuse the four Wind-style Profound Mysteries, then sparred with Starfire Fiend to test his improved abilities and learn from Starfire’s Fire-style techniques. After Starfire conceded, Dark Sovereign Power gathered overhead and formed a blurry human face.

• Garen maxed out his experience fusing the four Wind-style Profound Mysteries and decided to focus on advancing his Wind-style Divine Clone.
• Starfire Fiend invited Garen to spar, and Garen accepted so he could test his new techniques.
• Garen and Starfire exchanged powerful attacks outside Starfire City while Garen refined his techniques and his Fire-style Divine Clone studied Starfire’s moves.
• Starfire ran low on divine and spiritual power, fell behind Garen, and conceded the spar.
• Garen and Starfire praised each other’s techniques before Dark Sovereign Power gathered above them and formed a blurry human face.

Garen refused Rosha’s offer to become his Chief God’s Emissary and endured Rosha’s crushing pressure and killing intent. Rosha left after the Chief Sovereign of Bauhinia watched over Garen, while Garen returned to Starfire City determined to grow stronger.

• Rosha offered Garen the position of Chief God’s Emissary, but Garen hesitated and refused because he valued his freedom.
• Rosha crushed Garen, Starfire, and Di Yi with his pressure and nearly killed Garen before leaving when he sensed the Chief Sovereign of Bauhinia watching.
• Starfire and Di Yi asked Garen why he had rejected the offer, and he explained that he did not want to be tied down.
• Garen returned to Starfire City with Starfire and Di Yi, shaken by Rosha’s power and resolved to advance until he could defeat a Chief God.
• Rosha reflected that he had sought a powerful emissary for the Plane Battlefield and had nearly killed Garen after being refused, but the Chief Sovereign of Bauhinia’s attention made him withdraw.

After Starfire Fiend and Di Yi Fiend declined to join his faction, Garen set out for Di Yi City, hoping to meet Linley and Bebe and recruit them. Three years into his journey, he had hunted bandits along the way and was nearing the city while continuing to pursue greater strength for the Huaxia Faction.

• A beautiful woman in the Bauhinia Mountains praised Garen's strength before vanishing, unaware that he had attracted the attention of two Chief Gods.
• Garen asked Starfire Fiend and Di Yi Fiend to join his faction, but both city lords politely refused.
• Garen decided to travel to Di Yi City to meet Linley and recruit him and Bebe into the Affiliated System.
• After bidding farewell to the Lord of Starfire City, Garen left in a Metal Lifeform and hunted bandits with the women during the journey.
• Three years later, Garen neared Di Yi City with 11.6 billion experience stored, still working to fuse his Profound Mysteries and strengthen his Wind-style Divine Clone.

After three years of hunting bandits and gathering resources, Garen traveled to Di Yi City to find Linley. He reunited with Linley, Bebe, and Delia just as Linley prepared to confront a burly High-level God.

• Garen reviewed the Huaxia Faction’s plans and the resources he had gathered, including Mysteries Entry Cards, Sovereign’s Might, and enhancement stones.
• Garen upgraded his Space Ring into a High-level Divine Artifact-grade soul defense artifact and improved the Tiger God Armor.
• Garen visited the Black Dragon Tribe and learned that Linley had gone to Di Yi City.
• Garen reached Di Yi City, spotted Linley, Bebe, and Delia in a crowd, and joined them.
• Linley told Garen he would handle the approaching burly man before explaining the situation.

After Crompton threatened Linley in Di Yi City, Linley left the city and accepted his challenge. Linley killed Crompton with a single blow, and the stunned crowd recognized his overwhelming strength.

• Linley left Di Yi City with Bebe after Crompton threatened him, and a crowd gathered to watch their fight.
• Bebe offered to fight Crompton, but Linley transformed into a Dragonblood Warrior and faced him himself.
• Crompton attacked Linley at close range, confident that his High-level Divine Artifact would overwhelm Linley’s bare-handed defense.
• Linley knocked Crompton’s blade away and killed him with a strike to the head before either of Crompton’s divine bodies could escape.
• Linley collected Crompton’s Godspark and possessions, then flew to Garen as the onlookers watched him with respect.

Garen reunited with Linley in Di Yi City, introduced him to the Di Yi Fiend, and invited him and Bebe to join the Huaxia Faction. After several days of feasting and catching up, Garen and Linley prepared to leave for Bloodridge Continent.

• Garen led Linley, Bebe, Delia, and the women accompanying him into Di Yi City, where the City Guard stopped them for flying until the Di Yi Fiend arrived and welcomed Garen as his honored guest.
• At a feast in the City Lord's Mansion, Linley told Garen about events on the Yulan Continent and said that Tarosha, Dylan, and others had come to the Infernal Realm.
• Garen invited Linley and Bebe to join the Huaxia Faction, and both agreed and bound the auxiliary system.
• Garen examined Linley and Bebe's Affiliated System records, while the Di Yi Fiend learned about their origins, abilities, and connection to Beirut.
• The Di Yi Fiend arranged Fiend Badges for Linley, Bebe, and Delia, and after several days of hospitality, Garen and Linley prepared to travel to Bloodridge Continent.

Garen and Linley traveled toward Azure Prefecture, and Garen’s bandit hunt yielded White Tiger Essence Blood and a drop of Earth-style Sovereign Power. In his private room, Garen absorbed the Essence Blood and Wind-style Sovereign Power, greatly strengthening his body, though it remained below the limit of a High-level Divine Artifact.

• Garen and Linley left Di Yi City together aboard a Metal Lifeform, bound for Azure Prefecture.
• Garen spotted a bandit gang and led the women in killing its members, while Linley and the others watched.
• Garen received White Tiger Essence Blood and a drop of Earth-style Sovereign Power from the battle, then returned to the Metal Lifeform and went to cultivate.
• Garen absorbed the White Tiger Essence Blood, which slightly strengthened his body and prepared it to hold more energy.
• Garen absorbed Wind-style Sovereign Power and endured intense pain as it strengthened his body to roughly twice its previous strength.

After absorbing White Tiger Essence Blood, Garen cultivated and discovered the Huaxia Order could collect experience from kills made by Linley, inspiring him to plan a large faction. He spotted Ulunisen’s Moon Castle and redirected the Metal Lifeform there to recruit the powerful Black Dragon Divine Beast.

• Garen absorbed a drop of Chief God White Tiger Essence Blood, strengthening his body and bloodline, and looked forward to the Ancestral Hall Baptism.
• Garen learned that Linley’s kills generated experience in the Huaxia Order’s Experience Orb, and considered how expanding the faction could let its members earn experience for him.
• Garen recognized Ulunisen’s Moon Castle and decided to recruit its owner into the Huaxia Faction.
• Garen redirected the Metal Lifeform toward Moon Castle, where the group gathered after mistaking its arrival for another bandit attack.

Garen brought Linley and the others to Moon Castle to recruit its master, Ulunisen, into his new force. After Ulunisen’s guards refused them entry, Garen destroyed the castle’s defensive array with one strike and demanded a conversation, leaving Ulunisen wary and waiting for his Death-style Divine Clone to arrive.

• Garen diverted the group to Moon Castle, claiming he wanted to visit and recruit its master.
• Steward Belom led guards to turn Garen and his companions away, dismissing them as weak Fiends.
• Garen drew the God-Slaying Blade and collapsed Moon Castle with a single strike, stunning Belom and the guards.
• Ulunisen emerged from the ruins, concealed his anger, and waited for his Death-style Divine Clone to arrive.
• Garen introduced himself and invited Ulunisen to join his new force, making clear he intended to take him along.

Garen used a drop of Dark Sovereign Power to lure Ulunisen into a spar, with the loser agreeing to serve the Huaxia Faction for ten thousand years. They flew above Moon Lake to fight, and Garen transformed into a White Tiger as the battle began.

• Ulunisen’s Death-style Divine Clone emerged from beneath a forbidden lake with over a hundred High-level Gods and headed for Moon Castle.
• Garen stayed at Moon Castle with Linley’s group while waiting for Ulunisen’s Death-style Divine Clone to arrive.
• Garen offered Ulunisen a drop of Dark Sovereign Power if Ulunisen won their spar, while setting a ten-thousand-year service term if he lost.
• Ulunisen accepted the challenge, tempted by the chance to obtain Sovereign’s Might.
• Garen and Ulunisen flew above Moon Lake to fight as Linley, Jenny, and the others watched.
• Garen underwent the White Tiger Transformation and drew the God-Slaying Blade before the battle.

Garen fought Ulunisen above Moon Lake to earn his submission, defeating him despite the black dragon’s powerful physical attacks and soul abilities. Ulunisen conceded and agreed to follow Garen for ten thousand years, while Garen realized the Wind Stone had saved him from Ulunisen’s Innate Divine Ability.

• Garen put away the God-Slaying Blade, and Ulunisen transformed into his black dragon true form to fight him.
• Garen overpowered Ulunisen in a contest of physical strength, then continued to dominate when they fought with Fusion Profound Mysteries.
• Ulunisen attacked Garen with a Soul Slave and the Fire of Repentance, but Garen’s Soul Defense Divine Artifact and Blade-shaped Soul resisted them.
• Ulunisen used his Innate Divine Ability, Soul Annihilation, and the Wind Stone consumed most of its energy to erase the attack before it reached Garen’s soul.
• Ulunisen conceded and agreed to follow Garen for ten thousand years, and Garen recognized how dangerous divine beasts’ Innate Divine Abilities could be.

After recruiting Ulunisen, Garen organized the Metal Lifeform’s crew into a bandit-hunting force with Sovereign’s Might as a reward. Five years later, they reached Yilan City, much closer to Tianji Mountain Range in Azure Prefecture.

• Garen checked Ulunisen’s System Panel and discovered that reaching Paragon required an immense amount of experience.
• Garen recruited Ulunisen into the Huaxia Faction and had him pilot the Metal Lifeform.
• Garen offered a drop of Sovereign’s Might for every ten thousand bandits or equivalent enemies killed and gave Delia responsibility for tracking kills and distributing rewards.
• Garen gave Delia an Advanced Death Reaper Puppet and gave Ulunisen a Death God Puppet for protection.
• Garen, Linley, Bebe, Ulunisen, and the others hunted down bandit gangs along their route for five years before arriving at Yilan City.

Over five years, Garen and his companions killed bandits, earned Sovereign's Might, and grew stronger before resting in Yilan City. Afterward, Garen decided to seek out the Volcano Giant Pusluo and try to recruit him into the Huaxia Faction.

• Garen's group wiped out enormous bandit gangs, collected rewards, and helped Linley, Bebe, and the four women complete their quotas.
• Garen adjusted Ulunisen's quota to five thousand High-level God enemies and secretly helped his companions advance their cultivation.
• Garen accumulated 46 billion experience points but remained unable to find a way to fuse the Mysteries of Dimensions with other profound mysteries.
• Garen's group rested in Yilan City for half a month, sold unwanted items at Bauhinia Castle, and then prepared to leave.
• Garen remembered that Pusluo was trapped by a Seven-Star Fiend and decided to rescue him and tempt him to join the Huaxia Faction with Sovereign's Might.

Garen cultivated during the journey and fused the Mysteries of Dimensions with the Mysteries of Speed and Slowness. When the group reached the dangerous Beisi Volcano Range, he led Linley, Bebe, and Ulunisen inside to explore and hunt for Points.

• Garen stopped competing to kill bandits and focused on cultivation while Linley, Bebe, and Ulunisen hunted them for Points.
• Garen collected the bandits’ drops through his System and continued cultivating as the Metal Lifeform traveled east.
• After more than five years of effort, Garen fused the Mysteries of Dimensions with the Mysteries of Speed and Slowness using an Experience Orb.
• Jenny alerted Garen when the group reached the Beisi Volcano Range, where Garen intended to find the powerful Volcano Giant Pusluo.
• Garen ordered the five women to stay aboard the Metal Lifeform, then led Linley, Bebe, and Ulunisen into the dangerous range.

Garen and his companions entered the Beisi Volcano Range, where the cautious Seven-Star Fiend Asquien lived, and Asquien decided to send Pusluo against them. The chapter left the group unaware that Asquien had mistaken them for Fiends on a mission to collect Fire Crystals.

• Garen asked Ulunisen, Linley, and Bebe why they were unafraid to enter a perilous place, and they cited their strength and protections.
• Garen wondered why Asquien had not sent the Volcano Giants to attack and asked Ulunisen whether he knew the Seven-Star Fiend.
• Ulunisen said he had heard of Asquien and his powerful pet, while Garen denied intending to recruit him.
• Deep beneath the volcanoes, Asquien questioned Pusluo about the approaching group and concluded they were Fiends on a mission to collect Fire Crystals.
• Asquien ordered Pusluo to deal with the group and show them they could not enter the Beisi Volcano Range freely.

Garen and his companions were drawn into Asquien’s volcanic lair, where Garen revealed his strength and Ulunisen confronted Asquien. The battle began with Garen fighting Pusluo while Ulunisen attacked Asquien.

• Pusluo sent a barrage of crimson boulders at Linley, Bebe, Ulunisen, and Garen, and they defended themselves with their weapons and abilities.
• Pusluo drew the group into a sphere of boulders that carried them deeper into the volcano, and Garen chose to go along with it.
• Garen transformed and shattered the sphere with one slash, then confronted Asquien, who ordered Pusluo to attack.
• Garen told Linley and Bebe to protect themselves and assigned Ulunisen to fight Asquien while he faced Pusluo.
• Garen destroyed Pusluo’s boulders and magma hands as Ulunisen appeared before Asquien, who put on transparent gloves and prepared to fight.

Ulunisen killed Asquien, freeing Pusluo from the volcanic range where he had been trapped. Pusluo attacked Ulunisen, and Garen intervened as their clash sent all three flying.

• Ulunisen defeated Asquien with Soul Annihilation and killed his Divine Clone, while Garen noticed the orb that appeared after Asquien died.
• Pusluo caused the volcanic range to vanish, freeing Garen, Linley, and the others from inside the Volcano Giant’s body.
• Pusluo revealed his true form, collected by Garen as a Mysteries Fusion Entry Card, and announced that he would kill Ulunisen for killing his master.
• Pusluo attacked Ulunisen with his flaming axe, but Ulunisen’s Soul Annihilation weakened the blow without stopping it.
• Ulunisen called for Garen, who struck Pusluo’s attack with Dimensional Shockwave Slash, and the resulting shock wave sent Garen and Pusluo flying.

Garen fought Pusluo after their first clash injured Ulunisen and sent Garen flying, then fused all five Wind-style Mysteries. When Pusluo unleashed his full strength, Garen used Wind-style Sovereign Power, which the Wind Stone absorbed and circulated through his body as the axe attack arrived.

• Garen told the injured Ulunisen to join Linley and the others, then used a Mysteries Fusion Entry Card to fuse the Mysteries of Dimensions with the Mysteries of Sound Waves and completed the fusion of all five Wind-style Mysteries.
• Garen judged that Pusluo far surpassed him in strength and soul defense, but chose to fight without Sovereign's Might if possible so he could learn from the powerful Fire-style expert.
• Pusluo examined the notch in his giant axe, acknowledged Garen's strength, and swung at him with his full power after Garen asked why he was attacking the people who had freed him.
• Linley, Bebe, Ulunisen, Jenny, and the others feared for Garen as Pusluo's axe descended with overwhelming force.
• Garen used a drop of Wind-style Sovereign Power, and the Wind Stone absorbed it and sent its power through his body just as Pusluo's attack reached him.

Garen effortlessly defeated Pusluo, revealing overwhelming strength to the watching group, then offered him freedom and Fire-style Sovereign Power in exchange for joining the Huaxia Faction. Pusluo accepted, becoming the faction’s first recruit before it had even been established.

• Garen overpowered Pusluo in their clash, while the shockwave sent nearby observers flying and forced the women to shelter inside their puppets.
• Garen repeatedly repelled Pusluo’s physical and soul attacks, leaving the onlookers stunned and Pusluo defeated in a crater.
• Garen explained that he was not a Paragon and offered Pusluo a drop of Fire-style Sovereign Power and freedom if he joined the Huaxia Faction.
• Garen told Pusluo to kill bandits and help if the faction faced a life-or-death crisis, and Pusluo agreed to join.

Garen welcomed Pusluo into the Huaxia Faction and led the group through the Infernal Realm, where Pusluo's overwhelming strength left the others few chances to fight. They reached the Bauhinia Mountains, where Garen hoped to obtain soul-defense artifacts, find Linley's opportunity, and gather Amethysts.

• Garen swore Pusluo would remain free in the Huaxia Faction, and Pusluo bound the Affiliated System and agreed to travel with the group.
• Garen gave Pusluo a drop of Fire-style Sovereign Power and rewarded Ulunisen with Death Sovereign's Might for helping defeat a Seven-Star Fiend.
• Pusluo told Garen he did not know how to make Soul Defense Divine Artifacts, so Garen planned to seek Reisjing's help.
• Pusluo repeatedly wiped out bandit gangs with his molten-rock attacks until Garen told him to leave Mid-level God opponents to the others.
• After months of traveling and fighting bandits, Garen's group reached the Bauhinia Mountains, where he planned to seek Reisjing and collect Amethysts.

Garen and his companions reached the Amethyst Mountain Range, paid to enter, and played a game searching for amethysts. After Linley found one, Garen persuaded him to explore the mist together, claiming something inside was calling to them and might be connected to their clan.

• Garen and his companions admired the Sea of Fog and learned that entering the Amethyst Mountain Range cost five thousand Ink Stones per person.
• Garen paid for ten entry tokens, and the group entered the mountains and wagered Points on who would find an amethyst first.
• Garen caught an amethyst, declared that it did not count, and offered to cover the Points for that round.
• Linley found the first qualifying amethyst, and Garen asked whether he sensed a mysterious calling in the mist.
• Garen suggested that something connected to their clan lay inside the mist, and Linley agreed to explore it with him.

Garen and Linley entered the Sea of Fog in the Bauhinia Mountains, where Garen’s protections helped them withstand its strange forces. As they followed a powerful attraction through the mist, Linley mastered Gravity Space, and the two reached a mountainside.

• Garen persuaded Bebe and Pusluo to remain outside, left the others in Pusluo and Ulunisen’s care, and flew into the Sea of Fog with Linley.
• Garen’s Wind Stone and soul defenses kept him alert in the howling mist, and he gave Linley Soul Golden Beads to ease his dizziness.
• After the wind died down, Garen warned Linley about a powerful force that pulled at their bodies and souls, and the two studied it as they flew.
• Garen tried to learn from the attraction to strengthen Wind Binding while shielding Linley from occasional Amethyst strikes.
• Linley entered sudden enlightenment and mastered Gravity Space, while Garen avoided a mountain peak and held them against its slope.

Garen and Linley explored the Amethyst Mountain Range, gathered amethysts, and searched for the underground place Garen sensed. Linley began cultivating the Earth Movement Technique, and five years later both men had made rapid progress but had not yet reached their goal.

• Garen led Linley down the mist-covered mountain, where they found an eruption vent and collected its enormous pile of amethysts.
• A brunette and a silver-haired High-level God encountered them, dismissed them as Mid-level Gods, and left without interfering.
• After searching for half a month without finding the place Garen sensed, Garen told Linley it lay deep underground and urged him to master the Earth Movement Technique.
• Linley began focusing on the Earth Movement Technique while Garen and his clones worked on fusing Wind and Fire Law Profound Mysteries.
• Five years later, Garen had found compatibility between Sound Waves and Music, while Linley reported that his Earth Movement Technique cultivation had advanced dozens of times faster than outside.