Chapter Summaries

Garen tested the Evil Eye King’s bloodline-based Soul Attack, then killed him with a Soul Attack of his own. After collecting a Soul Golden Bead and three Divine Artifacts, Garen entered the passage to the ninth floor.

• The Evil Eye King unleashed his bloodred ultimate Soul Attack, but Garen cut the assimilating energy apart inside his Sea of Consciousness.
• Garen asked the recovered Evil Eye King to withstand one of his Soul Attacks, and three days later the Evil Eye King agreed.
• Garen struck with Blazing Heavenly Fiend Slash, combining the God-Slaying Blade’s killing aura with Fire Element and the Profundity of Explosion, and killed the Evil Eye King.
• Garen collected a Soul Golden Bead and three Low-level Divine Artifacts that appeared at the entrance to the ninth floor, while suspecting Beirut was nearby.
• Garen wondered whether his White Tiger bloodline could grant him an Innate Divine Ability, then entered the passage to the ninth floor.

Garen defeated the Thorium Demon on the ninth floor, then reached the tenth floor and killed the Abyssal Blade Demon near the passage to the eleventh. He collected the demon’s blades and prepared to return to the empire’s soldiers before continuing onward.

• Garen provoked Lui into attacking, but the Thorium Demon’s strongest water-based attacks failed to harm him.
• After testing several techniques without learning anything useful, Garen killed Lui with a strike combining Fire Element and the Profundity of Explosion, then collected its Life Source Bead.
• Garen entered the tenth floor and found the passage to the eleventh in an ancient stone pillar on a grassland.
• The Abyssal Blade Demon emerged from underground, and Garen defeated it with the God-Slaying Blade.
• Garen collected the demon’s blades, planning to give the ordinary ones to imperial soldiers and the finest one to a general.

Garen studied the ancient carvings on the tenth level of the Graveyard of the Gods and learned the basics of Fire-style Soul Attack. He then entered the eleventh level, where thousands of Abyssal Blade Demons swarmed out of a canyon and confronted him.

• Garen discovered that the pillar’s carvings represented the Laws and Mysteries of Earth, Wind, Water, and Fire, and spent half a year studying the Wind carvings.
• Garen spent five years studying the Wind and Fire carvings, imprinted the remaining mysteries into his Sea of Consciousness, and grasped the basics of Fire-style Soul Attack.
• Garen imprinted the Earth and Water carvings into his Sea of Consciousness before entering the eleventh level of the Graveyard of the Gods.
• Garen flew over a deep metallic canyon and sensed a powerful aura that he identified as belonging to a Low-level God's Godspark.
• A small red Abyssal Blade Demon mocked Garen as at least ten thousand Abyssal Blade Demons surged from the canyon and filled the sky.

Garen unleashed his fused forbidden spell, Phoenix World Annihilation, against the Abyssal Blade Demons on the eleventh floor of the Graveyard of the Gods, killing tens of thousands and collecting their drops. After the spell faded, the demons surrounded him, and Garen prepared to keep fighting while using them to advance his Laws and Mysteries.

• Garen transformed into a Tiger-Striped Warrior and cast the fused forbidden spell Phoenix World Annihilation.
• The blue phoenix raced through the Abyssal Blade Demons, melting thousands of them as the survivors tried to flee.
• Garen collected hundreds of loot orbs and used the rewards to rapidly comprehend Laws and Mysteries.
• The blue phoenix exhausted its energy and vanished after destroying tens of thousands of Abyssal Blade Demons.
• The demons surrounded Garen under the red Abyssal Blade Demons' direction, and Garen allocated his remaining experience to Wind Space while planning to use the demons to develop his Mysteries of Speed and Slowness with Sound Wave vibrations.

Garen slaughtered Abyssal Blade Demons while his Wind Profound Mysteries began to fuse, then unexpectedly became a god and formed a Wind-attribute Low-level Godspark. After choosing External Godhood and splitting his soul, he sensed the Wind Elemental Ocean and the divine power beneath its surface.

• Garen killed thousands of Abyssal Blade Demons and began fusing the Mysteries of Speed and Slowness with the Mysteries of Sound Waves.
• The Laws of the World enveloped Garen as he unexpectedly reached godhood and formed a Wind-attribute Low-level Godspark.
• Garen chose External Godhood, endured the pain of splitting his soul, and fused one half with the Godspark.
• Through his Godspark, Garen sensed the Wind Elemental Ocean and detected increasingly pure divine power beneath its surface.

Garen became a god after fusing three wind-element profound mysteries, ending his time in the Graveyard of the Gods and costing him the experience points he had hoped to gain from its monsters. Before Beirut expelled him, Garen collected the drops, upgraded his Space Ring into a Low-level Soul Defense Divine Artifact, and claimed his rewards.

• Garen formed a Divine Clone and used divine power to strengthen his original body to Saint Realm physical strength.
• Beirut appeared and told Garen that becoming a god meant he had to leave the Graveyard of the Gods.
• Garen collected the Abyssal Blade Demons’ drops and enhanced his Space Ring until it became a Low-level Divine Artifact that could defend against Low-level Gods’ Soul Attacks.
• Beirut showed Garen the rewards for passing the eleventh level: three Godsparks and ten Divine Artifacts.
• Garen collected the rewards and the Blood Tumor Stone platform, then prepared to leave the Graveyard of the Gods.

After becoming a Wind-style Low-level God, Garen returned home and reunited with his family before sorting through his Graveyard of the Gods loot. He upgraded the God-Slaying Blade and his soul defense artifact, and the chapter left him preparing to continue cultivating.

• Beirut advised Garen to stay humble and develop his potential before Garen flew away from the Graveyard of the Gods.
• Garen checked his System Panel, tested his expanded divine sense and Divine Domain, and found he could control everything below the God Realm within its range.
• Garen returned to the Demacia Empire, reunited with his family, and spent the night with Jenny, who said she wanted a child.
• Garen examined more than 1,200 items from the Graveyard of the Gods and identified valuable supplies, including Soul Poison, a Divine Soul Pill, and an Advanced Death Reaper Puppet.
• Garen used Intermediate Reinforcement Stones to upgrade the God-Slaying Blade and his Soul Defense Divine Artifact to Midgod Artifacts.

Garen upgraded his Divine Artifacts, strengthened his soul, and assigned allies to build armies and spread his faith. He then used an Intermediate Experience Card to raise his Fire-style to God Realm, drawing the attention of powerful figures across the continent.

• Garen equipped the God-Slaying Blade and Tiger God Armor with gems, then discovered that divine power strengthened the artifacts and revealed a protective barrier within the Space Ring.
• Over the next year, Garen absorbed Soul Golden Grains and Beads, increasing his Soul Power dozens of times while spending time with his family and making plans.
• Garen sent Little Dragon, his father, and the Hyde Clan members to the Dark Alliance to seize territory and spread the Power of Faith.
• Garen ordered Little White to form the Tiger Cavalry Legion and Xiao Pa and Little Fire to form the Sky Legion from powerful magical beasts.
• Garen used an Intermediate Experience Card in his cultivation chamber and raised his Fire-style to God Realm, alerting O'Brien, Catherine, Beirut, and other experts.

Garen completed his second soul split, strengthened his Divine Clones, and discovered that his Wind- and Fire-style Divine Power could fuse to empower the God-Slaying Blade. Three years later, he had helped the Demacia Alliance destroy the Dark Church and absorb the Dark Alliance, making the Demacia Empire the continent’s largest power.

• In Hell, Hodan reported Garen and Linley’s rapid progress to a dignified middle-aged man, who ordered Sadista to kill Garen and investigate the Yulan Continent.
• Garen finished splitting his soul, absorbed Soul Golden Beads, and tested his fused Divine Power, spiritual perception, and God-Slaying Blade.
• Garen resolved to protect the Demacia Empire and stop God-level prisoners from emerging from the Gabad Plane Prison.
• Over three years, the Demacia Alliance defeated the Dark Church’s forces and expanded through the former Dark Alliance’s territories.
• Garen shattered the Dark Church’s protective magic array and wiped out everyone inside with a fusion spell.
• The Dark Alliance collapsed and was incorporated into the Demacia Empire, which became the largest empire on the continent.

Garen declined to enter the Graveyard of the Gods so he could protect Demacia, then helped Linley destroy the Radiant Church. While cultivating, Garen encountered escapees from the Gabad Plane Prison and later waited for a God-level prisoner to emerge, intending to kill him.

• A Purple-Gold Saint Realm Rat King asked Garen whether he would enter the Graveyard of the Gods, but Garen declined because he wanted both Divine Clones in Demacia to guard against powerful threats.
• Linley and Barker returned to the Baruch Empire, and Linley learned that Garen had reached God Realm before him.
• Half a year later, Linley killed the Radiant Pope, fulfilling his agreement with Garen to divide the Radiant and Dark Alliances between them.
• Eight Saint Realm experts escaped from the Gabad Plane Prison into Garen's cave, and Garen ordered them to leave the Yulan Continent.
• Two months later, a green-robed God-level expert and nine Saint Realm attendants emerged from the rift, and Garen revealed that he had been waiting for them.

Garen killed the Great Wizard, claimed a drop of Wind-style Sovereign's Might, and resumed cultivating to strengthen his attacks while protecting the Yulan Continent. Meanwhile, Olivier vowed to catch up to Linley, and Garen killed the escaped Saint Realm experts who tried to return and cause trouble.

• Garen ambushed and killed the Great Wizard with a Soul Attack, then placed Soul Imprints on the nine silver-robed men and let them leave.
• Garen took the Great Wizard's Death Godspark and Space Ring, and received a drop of Wind-style Sovereign's Might as a reward.
• Olivier recalled how Linley had repeatedly outpaced him and swore to challenge Linley once he became a god.
• Garen's Wind-style and Fire-style Divine Clones cultivated and practiced fusing Mysteries to improve his combat strength.
• The escaped Saint Realm experts turned back toward the Yulan Continent to cause trouble, but Garen caught up with them and sent them to the Underworld.

Garen ambushed and killed Monport, then arranged for Muba to guard the Yulan Continent against escaped Saints for two thousand years. With the remaining threat contained, Garen prepared to leave for the Infernal Realm.

• Garen ambushed Monport with attacks from his Fire-style and Wind-style Divine Clones and killed him.
• Garen collected Monport’s Divine Artifact, Godspark, and Space Ring, then decided that only Muba remained as a major threat.
• Muba emerged from the Gabad Plane Prison and recognized the bodies of the Great Wizard and Monport, realizing Garen was powerful.
• Garen offered Muba the choice of fighting him or guarding the weak spot for two thousand years, and Muba agreed to guard it.
• Garen destroyed the bodies and flew away, trusting Muba to keep escaped Saint Realm experts from causing trouble while he headed toward the Infernal Realm.

Over five years of cultivation in the Miniature Plane, Garen used an Intermediate Experience Card to help Little Dragon break through her Water Element bottleneck and become a God. After congratulating her, everyone returned to training, while Garen considered how useful Experience Cards would be if they worked on ordinary people.

• Over five years, Garen and the others cultivated in the crowded Miniature Plane, and Garen's fused Wind and Fire powers grew much stronger.
• Garen checked Little Dragon's progress and found her Water Element experience just short of its limit.
• Garen used an Intermediate Experience Card on Little Dragon, triggering her ascension and transformation into a God.
• Garen shielded Little Dragon with a Wind Barrier during her transformation, and she thanked him after becoming a beautiful young woman.
• Little Dragon explained that she had chosen not to split her soul and create an external clone, and Garen advised her to focus on Water Body Technique.
• After the Saints congratulated Little Dragon, they resumed cultivating, and Garen wondered whether Experience Cards could empower ordinary people.

Three years later, Garen rushed back to the Demacia Empire after Olivier’s challenge to Linley caused the Bosa Embankment to break and powerful people to escape. He secured his family and the capital, then confronted Adway’s group of Gods, who sent Jacob to attack him.

• Ankh told Garen that Olivier and Linley had broken the Bosa Embankment and released powerful people, so Garen hurried to the Demacia Empire.
• Garen found Light-Extinguishing City safe and ordered his family and the Hyde Clan to hide in the estate’s secret chamber.
• Arthur moved the imperial family to safety and instructed trusted ministers to keep the city’s residents indoors.
• Garen sensed a God entering the empire and flew out to confront Adway, four Low-level Gods, and their followers.
• Adway ordered Jacob to kill Garen, and Garen dodged Jacob’s attacks while concealing his strength.
• Adway grew impatient and sent another Low-level God to help Jacob fight Garen.

Garen used a staged defeat to ambush and kill Adway, then wiped out Adway’s followers and defeated Jacob and Oliver. After learning that Willem Dafoe had entered the former Demacia Alliance territory, Garen prepared to confront him.

• Garen pretended to be badly wounded, then used Wind Space and a Soul-Poison-coated blade to kill Adway.
• Garen used poisoned arrows to kill Adway’s Low-level God followers and Fire-style clone as they tried to flee.
• Garen chased down and killed Jacob, while Oliver offered to serve him to escape.
• Garen questioned Oliver and learned that Willem Dafoe was a weaker Mid-level God with one fast Wind-style Divine Clone.
• Garen killed Oliver and decided not to hold back against Willem Dafoe.

After defeating the invading Gods, Garen absorbed White Tiger Essence Blood and Sovereign Power, raising his true body to the High-level Divine Artifact tier. As he flew to reclaim the Demacia Alliance’s territory, Alsop ambushed him in the Yulan Empire, leaving Garen to confront the limits of his awareness in the Material Plane.

• Garen spared the surviving peak Saint Realm experts after defeating the Gods and obtained a drop of Sovereign-level White Tiger Essence Blood.
• Garen absorbed the White Tiger Essence Blood and Wind-style Sovereign Power, greatly strengthening his true body.
• Garen left Little Dragon with the Death God Puppet and flew toward the Demacia Alliance’s territory in his Fire-style Divine Clone.
• Alsop ambushed Garen above the Yulan Empire with a powerful material attack, forcing him to switch into his White Tiger Warrior form.
• Alsop claimed the Yulan Empire as his territory and threatened to kill Garen, who realized High-level Gods could detect him before he could detect them.

Garen killed Alsop and two Low-level Gods in the Demacia Alliance, then warned the Yulan Continent’s experts not to cause trouble in his territory. As Garen’s reputation spread, Beirut watched the crisis around Linley in the Baruch Empire.

• Garen killed Alsop with two physical strikes, collected his godspark and Space Ring, and headed for the Demacia Alliance.
• Ogavin attacked Dragonblood Castle, but Tarosha drove him away and saved Linley with Beirut’s help.
• Willem Dafoe fled to the Wind Sovereign’s plane after witnessing Garen kill Alsop, while Garen arrived too late to catch him.
• Garen killed the two Low-level Gods in the Demacia Alliance and sent a Soul Transmission warning experts across the continent not to cause trouble in his territory.
• Beirut reflected on Garen’s strength and returned his attention to the danger facing Linley in the Baruch Empire.

Garen’s Soul Transmission unsettled the Gods across the continent, while Linley invited him to Dragonblood Castle to discuss reclaiming the Holy Union. Garen then brought Linley to a private plane and revealed the Tiger-Striped Warriors’ secret of gaining strength, hoping Linley’s Dragonblood Warrior bloodline might share it.

• Adkins’s subordinates urged him to deal with Garen, but Bernard advised focusing on the Graveyard of the Gods, and Adkins agreed to leave Garen alone.
• Linley and the Gods at Dragonblood Castle reacted with surprise to Garen’s power, and Barker proposed asking him to help reclaim the Holy Union.
• Linley sent Garen a Soul Transmission, and Garen changed course and quickly arrived at Dragonblood Castle.
• Linley explained the plan to reclaim the Holy Union, but Garen took him to the Miniature Plane to discuss something privately.
• Garen told Linley that mysterious blood and a drop of powerful water had strengthened him, and suggested the secret might be tied to Tiger-Striped Warrior bloodlines.

Linley suspected Garen had been guided by a powerful hidden expert, but Garen identified Linley’s mysterious drop as the same kind of energy he had absorbed and urged him to use it. After Linley gained a dramatic boost in strength, he prepared to face the Radiant Church alone and asked Tarosha to test his defense.

• Linley and Doehring Cowart concluded that an ancient expert might have secretly guided Garen’s extraordinary cultivation.
• Garen recognized Linley’s drop of Water Sovereign Power as the same kind of energy he had absorbed and persuaded Linley to try it.
• Garen found that Little White had reached a cultivation bottleneck while Xiao Pa still struggled, and he sent both beasts back to the Miniature Plane to keep training.
• Linley emerged from the Miniature Plane after absorbing the drop and said his dragon scales had reached the level of a High-level Divine Artifact.
• Linley told Tarosha he would go to the Holy Union himself, reassured Delia, and asked Tarosha to test his defense.

Linley tested his newly strengthened Dragonblood Warrior defense against Tarosha’s powerful attacks and emerged unharmed. At Dragonblood Castle, the others wondered whether Garen could strengthen them too, before High Priest Catherine unexpectedly asked to speak with Garen in private.

• Linley transformed and asked Tarosha to test his defense, which astonished everyone with its power.
• Tarosha struck Linley with his whip and then unleashed a fused Water and Ice attack that sent Linley flying but left only faint marks on his scales.
• Linley recovered, and Tarosha and the others marveled at how strong his defense had become.
• Garen wondered whether Four Divine Beasts Essence Blood and Sovereign’s Might could let him strengthen others, while the gathered Gods eagerly asked about his method.
• Garen explained that only Linley and he currently met the special requirements, and High Priest Catherine asked to speak with him privately.